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Quality higher education plays a vital role in sustainable development by equipping graduates with knowledge, competencies, and skills required for economic and societal development. This study examined the relationship between instructional strategies and the employability skills of undergraduate students in the School of Art and Industrial Design at Kyambogo University, Uganda. Specifically, it investigated the relationships between cooperative teaching, collaborative teaching, inquiry/discovery learning, independent study, experiential (authentic) learning, project-based learning, and students’ employability skills. The study adopted a quantitative approach using a correlational research design. Data were collected from 378 third-year undergraduate students using a structured self-administered questionnaire. Pearson’s product-moment correlation and multiple regression analyses were used to determine the direction and statistical associations between instructional strategies and employability skills. Findings showed that cooperative teaching, inquiry/discovery learning, and experiential teaching had positive statistically significant associations with employability skills, whereas collaborative teaching had a negative statistical association. Independent study and project-based teaching had no statistically significant unique associations with employability skills. Inquiry/discovery teaching demonstrated the strongest statistical association with employability skills among the strategies examined. The study concluded that instructional strategies had different statistical associations with employability skills and that learner-centred approaches are most beneficial when they actively engage students in cooperative, inquiry-oriented, and authentic learning experiences aligned with intended graduate outcomes. The study recommended strengthening cooperative, inquiry, and experiential teaching through structured group tasks, inquiry-based activities, and authentic practical experiences. It further recommended improving the design and implementation of collaborative, independent, and project-based learning to enhance their contribution to graduate employability skills.

Insecurity has become a significant threat to the effective delivery of basic education in Nigeria, particularly in communities affected by banditry, kidnapping, armed attacks, and communal violence. This study examined the influence of insecurity on teaching-learning outcomes in Universal Basic Education primary schools in Kagarko Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Specifically, it investigated the effects of insecurity on pupils’ academic performance and school attendance and identified strategies for reducing its adverse effects. The study adopted a qualitative documentary research design and relied on secondary data obtained from government publications, policy documents, institutional reports, international organisations, and peer-reviewed journal articles. The selected documents were analysed using qualitative content analysis and organised according to the study’s major themes. The findings revealed that insecurity negatively affects pupils’ academic performance by reducing instructional time, disrupting curriculum coverage, weakening concentration, and creating fear within the learning environment. It also reduces school attendance as parents may prevent their children from attending school because of kidnapping, attacks, unsafe travel routes, and instability within surrounding communities. Consequently, insecurity undermines the implementation of Universal Basic Education by limiting regular participation and disrupting stable teaching and learning conditions. The study concludes that ensuring school safety is essential for achieving the objectives of free and compulsory basic education. It recommends strengthening school security, implementing the Minimum Standards for Safe Schools, improving community participation, providing psychosocial support, protecting routes to school, establishing emergency response systems, and adopting flexible learning arrangements during periods of disruption.

Social capital represents a relational resource developed through trust, professional networks, collaboration, peer support, and knowledge exchange. In the context of Social Studies Education, social capital can support teachers in accessing information, experiences, and professional resources relevant to professional development and instructional planning. This study aims to analyze the conceptualization of teachers’ social capital, identify its dimensions in relation to teacher professionalism, and examine its relevance to Social Studies teaching practices and instructional planning. The study employs a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) approach guided by the PRISMA 2020 framework. The literature analyzed consists of scholarly publications published between 2023 and 2026 in Indonesian and English that met the established inclusion criteria. The data were analyzed through thematic synthesis based on conceptual dimensions, forms of professional relationships, and their contributions to teaching practices. The synthesis indicates that social capital facilitates teachers’ access to information, experiences, feedback, and professional support through networks and collaborative relationships. These resources can strengthen professional learning and pedagogical decision-making relevant to Social Studies instructional planning. However, empirical evidence directly linking teachers’ social capital to the quality of Social Studies instructional planning remains limited. These findings highlight the need for further research on how social capital can be translated into improvements in the quality of Social Studies instructional planning components.

Identifying the most effective teaching strategies for physics instruction is a persistent challenge for both researchers and schoolteachers. Studies indicate that the answer lies in Research-Based Instructional Strategies. A significant contribution in this area has been made by the theory of Visible Teaching and Learning, which measures the effects of over 250 factors influencing students’ academic success. By knowing the possible impact of specific teaching strategies, educators can design instructional approaches with predictable outcomes. The research was conducted during the 2023-2024 academic year in two public schools in Moldova, involving 305 students across grades 6, 8, and 10. This study aimed to measure the effect of concurrently applying elements from multiple constructivist teaching strategies in physics lessons, including the Flipped Classroom, Early Physics Approach, 5E Model, and Peer Instruction with Conceptual Questions, on students’ academic success and science competence in physics. At its core, the study was based on the 5E model, reinforced with pre-class tasks for students and the use of conceptual questions during the lesson. Science competence of students was structured into five components: understanding definitions, knowledge of measurement units, correct application of formulas, problem-solving skills, and the use of scientific language. The progression of these components was subsequently measured. The study also tracked the individual academic trajectories of both high-performing and low-performing students to assess their progress in physics. The study revealed that the combined application of these constructivist strategies can double students’ ability to solve problem situations and triple the correct use of scientific language. In contrast, knowledge of measurement units (~80%) and the correct application of formulas (in the range of approx. 25% – 33%) remained relatively unchanged. The insignificant progress in the correct application of formulas is explained by the small number of problems analysed on a topic, the lack of individual tasks, and the need for more explicit scaffolding and individual feedback. Additionally, the study revealed that laboratory work marks are strong predictors of overall academic success, with the correlation between laboratory work and final evaluation being 60% in 6th grade, 70% in 8th grade, and 50% in 10th grade. Additionally, the research shows that in middle school, the increase in scores for high achievers is greater than that of low achievers – three times higher in 6th grade. In high school, the increase in scores for high achievers is twice as large as that of low achievers. Both groups, high and low achievers, improve their scores after the application of the Integrated Constructivist Model. Subsequent research would explore the synergistic effect of this, and other, combinations of constructivist teaching strategies on students’ academic success, scientific competence components, and conceptual understanding. Keywords: Integrated constructivist model, didactic synergy, science competence, academic success, physics teaching.

This study examined the perceived impact of active learning as a teaching strategy among 20 overseas Filipino teachers working in schools across the United Arab Emirates. Guided by the five Whole Child tenets and an Input-Process-Output framework, the study explored teachers’ experiences with active learning, their views on its classroom application, and its perceived contribution to student learning. A quantitative research design was employed using an adapted questionnaire with a five-point Likert scale. Responses were analyzed through frequency counts and mean scores to describe participants’ perceptions and reported practices. Findings indicated that most respondents regularly incorporated active learning strategies into their teaching and expressed favorable attitudes toward their implementation. Teachers perceived these approaches as encouraging student participation, strengthening the integration of learning, promoting classroom engagement, and supporting improvements in instructional practice. However, respondents also identified practical challenges that constrained implementation, including limited training and experience with active learning methodologies, inadequate funding for instructional materials, and classroom seating arrangements that were not conducive to interactive activities. The findings underscore the importance of institutional support in helping teachers translate favorable perceptions into effective classroom practices. The study recommends targeted professional development to strengthen teachers’ competence in active learning, revisions to departmental plans to facilitate the integration of these strategies, and improved consideration of classroom resources and learning environments. Further investigation from students’ perspectives is recommended to provide additional insight into how active learning is experienced and how it may contribute to learning outcomes in international school settings across the United Arab Emirates.

The article offers a comparative analysis of the concept of pedagogical mastery in Uzbek, Russian and international scholarship and systematises official statistical data on the teaching workforce in Uzbekistan's general secondary education. The study uses a documentary-analytical review, comparative analysis and descriptive statistics; no experimental component was conducted. According to the National Statistics Committee, the number of teachers in general secondary schools grew from 486.6 thousand in 2019/2020 to 577.7 thousand in 2025/2026 (+18.7%), women account for 72.5% of the workforce, and regional differences reach a factor of 4.6. International evidence (Shulman; Hattie; Kunter et al.; Darling-Hammond et al.) indicates that teaching quality depends less on workforce expansion than on the integration of knowledge, practice, personal-value, reflective and digital-methodological components. The author proposes a five-component integrative conceptual model and formulates recommendations for qualitative monitoring of teacher capacity and for the design of professional development

ABSTRACT. The relationship between instructional leadership behaviours and lecturers’ job performance is important in higher education. Understanding this relationship can help academic leaders support lecturers and improve teaching, research, and academic development. Therefore, this study determines how instructional leadership behaviour of heads of departments (HoDs) influences lecturers’ job performance at the major public universities in Kumasi, Ghana. A cross-sectional survey design was employed to collect data from lecturers in public universities at a single point in time. The sample includes public university lecturers. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 155 lecturers to provide quantitative data. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed with both descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations, along with the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. The findings indicate that HoDs demonstrate active involvement in setting institutional direction, monitoring instruction, and supporting staff development. However, the findings reveal insufficient mentorship to support lecturers’ professional learning and performance. This lack of mentorship could limit opportunities for developing leadership potential among teachers and supporting their career growth. Lecturers displayed effectiveness in their teaching practices. The statistical results confirmed a significant effect of instructional leadership behaviours on lecture delivery (F(4,98) = 20.382, p < 0.01). It was recommended that HoDs should communicate departmental goals clearly and ensure that lecturers understand their teaching, assessment, research, and administrative responsibilities. Additionally, the strong positive correlation between the communication of institutional objectives and lecturer effectiveness highlights the need for university goals, teaching expectations, and performance standards to be communicated clearly across departments.

This study examined the relationship between innovative and inclusive teaching practices and student motivation and academic performance among Grade 5 and Grade 6 pupils in selected public elementary schools in Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines, during the School Year 2025–2026. Specifically, it determined the level of innovative teaching practices in terms of teaching strategies, use of instructional materials and technology, and student engagement activities; assessed inclusive teaching practices in terms of respect for learner diversity, equal participation, and support for diverse learning needs; identified the level of student motivation; and examined the relationships between these variables and academic performance. A descriptive-correlational research design using a quantitative approach was employed. Data were gathered from 97 Grade 5 and Grade 6 pupils through a validated researcher-made questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.892, indicating strong internal consistency. Descriptive statistics and correlational analysis were used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that School administrators should provide sustained professional development to strengthen teachers’ innovative and inclusive instructional approaches and allocate resources to enhance access to technology and learning materials. Teachers should consistently apply differentiated, student-centered strategies and foster welcoming, diversity-affirming classrooms to boost student motivation and equitable achievement further further. Parents and guardians should reinforce school learning at home by encouraging curiosity, effort, and consistent study habits, and maintaining open communication with teachers. Future researchers should conduct experimental or longitudinal studies to examine cause-and-effect relationships and explore additional factors influencing academic performance beyond those investigated in this study. Innovative teaching practices, inclusive teaching practices, and student motivation were rated at a high level, which means teachers effectively practice inclusive teaching by recognizing learner diversity, promoting equal participation, and providing support to students with different learning needs; teachers also frequently use innovative teaching practices, apply engaging teaching strategies, integrate instructional materials and technology, and promote active student engagement in classroom learning activities. Furthermore, significant positive relationships were found between innovative teaching practices and academic performance, inclusive teaching practices and academic performance, and student motivation and academic performance, with a moderate correlation coefficient (r = 0.57). Overall, the findings indicate that these educational variables are positively associated with academic performance among the respondents.

Chemistry teaching is still based on traditional methods of memorization and repetition, a consequence of students' difficulty in understanding chemical models when contextualized pedagogical strategies are not employed. In this context, digital games emerge as a promising alternative to make teaching more dynamic, interactive, and accessible. This qualitative study aimed to analyze how digital games are perceived and used by undergraduate chemistry students during their training, understanding how this knowledge is articulated with academic productions on the subject. The research was conducted through a bibliographic survey, with a time frame from 2014 to 2024, using the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations as a database. Additionally, a questionnaire was applied to 72 students of the Chemistry undergraduate course at a Federal University in the Northeast region of Brazil to understand their perceptions of digital games in the educational context. The results indicate that 98.6% of the students recognize the potential of digital games in chemistry learning. According to this result, 69.4% have already used these cultural artifacts to learn chemical concepts, which justifies 79.2% of respondents feeling familiar with this technology, emphasizing the emergence of a more connected society. Conversely, a significant lack of training on the use of Digital Games was identified, due to the absence of subjects addressing this topic in the curricula of Chemistry undergraduate courses that adhere to the Unified Selection System. It is concluded that this study highlights how Digital Games can significantly contribute to improving Chemistry teaching, provided there is adequate teacher training. Thus, it is essential that undergraduate courses include the pedagogical use of Digital Games in their curricula, promoting an educational practice aligned with contemporary demands and available technological possibilities.

The education of young children constitutes the foundation of their cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioural development. Teacher psychological capital, emotional intelligence, and work engagement are personal resources that may be associated with good teaching practices and child development as perceived by teachers. Using COR theory, this study examined the relationships among teacher psychological capital, emotional intelligence, work engagement, teaching effectiveness, and teacher-reported children's developmental outcomes of early childhood educators in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study employed a correlational research design. A sample of 202 early childhood educators was selected through a multistage sampling process, in which five children per teacher's classroom were selected, resulting in a total of 1,010 children rated using the Early Development Instrument (EDI). The data for the study were gathered using the Psychological Capital Questionnaire, the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Pre-K, and the EDI Teacher Version. The scores of five children per teacher were aggregated to measure teacher-level indicators of child developmental outcomes. Data analysis was done using Pearson product-moment correlation, multiple regression, and hierarchical multiple regression at the 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated significant positive correlations among the research variables. Psychological capital, emotional intelligence, and work engagement, both together and individually, made significant contributions to teaching effectiveness and teacher-rated children’s developmental outcomes. Teaching experience and school ownership also significantly moderated the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. This research therefore concludes that psychological capital, emotional intelligence, and work engagement are significant resources for teachers, contributing to teaching effectiveness and teacher-rated children’s developmental outcomes.

Abstract Faculty development (FD) and the preparation of future faculty are central to university teaching quality, yet in Japan they are studied separately and remain underexamined in English. Pre-faculty development (pre-FD), a term coined within Japanese higher education, exclusively denotes the pre-service teaching preparation of doctoral students and other prospective academics, broadly corresponding to the American “Preparing Future Faculty” movement. Treating the two as tracks of a single academic-development continuum, this article asks how each has been institutionalized and localized in Japan, and what constrains the translation of policy into teaching improvement. The study is a narrative, document-based conceptual review of policy documents, statutory standards, national surveys, and Japanese- and English-language scholarship, using the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) as an analytical lens. Three findings emerge. First, both tracks advanced through top-down policy-driven and policy-induced reform: In-service FD became a legal mandate in 2008, whereas pre-FD remains a best-effort obligation. Second, in-service FD has developed a distinctive cluster of locally grounded practices: inter-university networks, mutual FD, the collegial model, and student-engaged FD. Third, national survey data show participation rising while collegial formats and dedicated provision declined over the same period, indicating that participation rates are a poor proxy for teaching-development quality. Reading the tracks together reveals what single-track accounts obscure: shared organizational carriers and a common ceiling set by the absence of a continuing professional role in academic development. The article argues, as a proposition derived from the analysis, that sustainable development depends on connecting the two tracks into a continuous career pathway framed by SoTL.

Abstract Despite decades of effort to improve mathematical outcomes, studies examining the integrated roles of affective dimensions such as confidence, perceived value, and motivation in relation to mathematics achievement among Senior High School students in Ghana remain relatively limited. In this study, confidence was operationalised through items reflecting students’ domain-specific mathematics self-efficacy beliefs. This study examines the structural associations of confidence, perceived value, and motivation with self-reported mathematics achievement among final-year students in a selected Senior High School in the Atwima Nwabiagya North Municipal Assembly of Ghana. A quantitative descriptive correlational design was employed, and data were collected from 296 students using a structured questionnaire. Self-reported mathematics achievement was measured using students’ responses to items concerning their perceived achievement in mathematics, rather than standardised test scores or school achievement records. The hypothesised structural relationships among confidence, perceived value, motivation, and self-reported mathematics achievement were examined using structural equation modelling (SEM). Within the participating school, the results showed that confidence, perceived value, and motivation were each positively and significantly associated with self-reported mathematics achievement, with confidence having the largest standardised coefficient, followed by motivation and value. Given these findings, instructional practices that support students’ confidence may be considered in mathematics teaching. Likewise, opportunities to connect mathematics with real-world applications may help students recognise its value, while supportive learning environments may provide conditions conducive to sustained engagement with mathematics learning.

This conceptual narrative review stems from a doctoral study that focuses on the teaching of values in the implementation of the secondary school curriculum in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean secondary school history curriculum provides for values inculcation grounded on Ubuntu. However, despite expansive research on the implications of Ubuntu on instructional practice, there is a gap on how it informs pedagogy for values teaching in secondary school history education. The study employed a qualitative approach which enabled an indepth exploration. The review focused on twelve papers on Ubuntu’s application on pedagogy and ten on values pedagogy in secondary school history education that were obtained from Scopus, Google Scholar and ERIC academic databases. Keywords such as Ubuntu and pedagogy, values education and secondary school history education as well as abstracts were used to select the reviewed papers. Thematic analysis was employed to analyse data which involved coding of relevant information to develop themes. Findings show that Ubuntu oriented pedagogy is interactive, practical oriented, learner centered and speaks to the experiences of learners. This paper provides insights on how history teachers can translate Ubuntu pedagogy to instil values in secondary school history education. For this to be effective, we recommend staff development of history teachers by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, use of diverse learner centered pedagogy in history lessons by history teachers and provision of multimedia to secondary schools by relevant stakeholders to ensure creation of engaging learning experiences in the implementation of the history curriculum.

In this paper, we present findings from an interactive workshop at the 2024 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) conference that aimed to develop a global roadmap to advance the awareness and appreciation of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). While some institutions have successfully embedded SoTL into their cultural fabric, challenges persist in many academic contexts where SoTL remains misunderstood as a cross-discipline field of scholarship and research as well as undervalued as a change-making enterprise. Through collaborative activities, workshop participants explored systemic barriers, misunderstandings, and effective strategies from diverse institutional perspectives. The findings highlight actionable steps for institutions, administrators, and faculty to align their efforts, bridge knowledge gaps, and further elevate SoTL as a recognized scholarly pursuit. We also propose practical suggestions to support SoTL initiatives, enhance institutional commitment, and foster cross-institutional collaborations.

در این مقاله، یافته‌های حاصل از کارگاه تعاملی در کنفرانس بین‌المللی انجمن دانش‌پژوهی تدریس و یادگیری (ISSOTL) سال ۲۰۲۴ را ارائه می‌دهیم که با هدف تدوین یک نقشه راه جهانی برای ارتقای آگاهی و قدردانی از دانش‌پژوهی تدریس و یادگیری (SoTL) برگزار شد. اگرچه برخی نهادهای آموزشی موفق به نهادینه‌سازی SoTL در بافت فرهنگی خود شده‌اند، چالش‌هایی در بسیاری از زمینه‌های آکادمیک همچنان پابرجاست که در آن‌ها SoTL به‌عنوان یک حوزه دانش‌پژوهی و پژوهش میان‌رشته‌ای درک نادرستی شده و به‌عنوان یک کوشش تغییرآفرین نیز دست‌کم گرفته می‌شود. شرکت‌کنندگان کارگاه از طریق فعالیت‌های مشارکتی، موانع سیستمی، برداشت‌های نادرست و راهبردهای مؤثر را از دیدگاه‌های نهادی متنوع بررسی کردند. یافته‌ها گام‌های عملیاتی را برای نهادهای آموزشی، مدیران و اعضای هیئت علمی جهت همسوسازی تلاش‌ها، پر کردن شکاف‌های دانشی و ارتقای بیشتر جایگاه SoTL به‌عنوان یک پیگیری علمی شناخته‌شده برجسته می‌سازند. ما همچنین پیشنهادهای کاربردی را برای حمایت از ابتکارات SoTL، تقویت تعهد نهادی و ترویج همکاری‌های میان‌نهادی ارائه می‌دهیم.

Arabic for Specific Purposes (ASP) connects language instruction with learners’ academic or occupational domains, but adapting specialized contexts for absolute beginners presents a design problem: disciplinary relevance may introduce linguistic demands that exceed the learners’ capacity. This conceptual paper proposes a curriculum-aligned procedure for contextualizing elementary Arabic conversation tasks for university accounting students without claiming to teach technical accounting discourse. Drawing on scholarship concerning ASP, needs analysis, task-based language teaching, constructive alignment, and beginner-level interaction, it develops a four-stage procedure: identify a communicative function, select a plausible accounting-related context, check linguistic and interactional demands, and specify observable evidence of performance. Six illustrative task adaptations demonstrate its application to introductions, occupations, locations, colleagues, appointments, and documents. These tasks are original, hypothetical designs rather than observed classroom activities or responses to empirically established learner needs. A proposed set of decision checks distinguishes contextual relevance from occupational authenticity, and genuine oral exchange from scripted reproduction. The framework offers a bounded starting point for needs analysis, expert review, and empirical evaluation.

عربی برای مقاصد خاص (ASP) آموزش زبان را با حوزه‌های آکادمیک یا شغلی زبان‌آموزان پیوند می‌دهد، اما تطبیق زمینه‌های تخصصی برای مبتدیان مطلق یک مسئله طراحی ایجاد می‌کند: ارتباط دیسیپلین‌محور ممکن است الزامات زبانی را فراتر از ظرفیت زبان‌آموزان وارد کند. این مقاله مفهومی، رویه‌ای هم‌راستا با برنامه درسی را برای زمینه‌سازی تکالیف مکالمه عربی مقدماتی برای دانشجویان حسابداری دانشگاهی پیشنهاد می‌کند، بدون آنکه ادعای آموزش گفتمان حسابداری فنی را داشته باشد. با استناد به پژوهش‌های مربوط به ASP، تحلیل نیازها، آموزش زبان مبتنی بر تکلیف، هم‌سازگاری سازنده‌گرا و تعامل در سطح مبتدی، رویه‌ای چهارمرحله‌ای توسعه می‌یابد: شناسایی یک کارکرد ارتباطی، انتخاب یک زمینه قابل قبول مرتبط با حسابداری، بررسی الزامات زبانی و تعاملی، و مشخص کردن شواهد قابل مشاهده از عملکرد. شش نمونه تطبیق تکلیف، کاربرد آن را در معرفی‌ها، مشاغل، مکان‌ها، همکاران، قرارها و اسناد نشان می‌دهد. این تکالیف طراحی‌های اصیل و فرضی هستند، نه فعالیت‌های کلاسی مشاهده‌شده یا پاسخ‌هایی به نیازهای زبان‌آموزان که از نظر تجربی ثابت شده‌اند. مجموعه‌ای از چک‌لیست‌های تصمیم‌گیری پیشنهادی، ارتباط زمینه‌ای را از اصالت شغلی، و تبادل شفاهی واقعی را از بازتولید سناریو-محور تمایز می‌دهد. این چارچوب یک نقطه شروع محدود برای تحلیل نیازها، بازبینی توسط متخصصان و ارزیابی تجربی ارائه می‌دهد.

Reinvention an International Journal of Undergraduate Research is delighted to welcome and introduce a new section housing research and critical reflections from the liberal arts, supported by the UK's Liberal Arts Northern Network. The new pairing offers a thoughtful synergy between the scope of research in context and interdisciplinary communication for Reinvnetion and the interdisciplinary and contextual nature of liberal arts study. Dr Caroline Starkey, one of the co-founders of the UK's Liberal Arts Northern Network introduces our new Liberal Arts Special Section, reflecting on the importance and benefits of the interdisciplinary variation of Liberal Arts courses, that many courses have at their hearts an experiential learning approach - where students learn by engaging with, and reflecting on, ‘real world’ tasks. Liberal Arts has a long and consequential history based in the US however the modern formation of Liberal Arts is a relative newcomer to the UK Higher Education scene. Over the past fifteen years or so, nearly forty named Liberal Arts courses have been developed for undergraduate students at UK universities, taking initial inspiration from the long-established US model but reinventing it for the UK. This new special section offers a new insight into the emerging research in Liberal Arts not only in the UK but acorss the world.

مجله بازآفرینی: یک مجله بین‌المللی پژوهش‌های دانشجویی کارشناسی با کمال میل از بخش جدیدی که میزبان پژوهش‌ها و بازتاب‌های انتقادی حوزه علوم انسانی آزاد است، استقبال و معرفی می‌کند. این بخش جدید از حمایت شبکه علوم انسانی شمال بریتانیا برخوردار است. این جفت‌سازی جدید، هم‌افزایی تأمل‌برانگیزی میان دامنه پژوهش در بافتار و ارتباطات بین‌رشته‌ای برای مجله بازآفرینی و ماهیت بین‌رشته‌ای و زمینه‌مند مطالعه علوم انسانی آزاد ایجاد می‌کند. دکتر کارولین استارکی، یکی از بنیان‌گذاران شبکه علوم انسانی شمال بریتانیا، بخش ویژه علوم انسانی آزاد ما را معرفی کرده و با تأمل در اهمیت و مزایای تنوع بین‌رشته‌ای دوره‌های علوم انسانی آزاد، اشاره می‌کند که بسیاری از این دوره‌ها رویکردی مبتنی بر یادگیری تجربی در قلب خود دارند؛ جایی که دانشجویان از طریق درگیر شدن با وظایف «دنیای واقعی» و تأمل بر آن‌ها یاد می‌گیرند. اگرچه علوم انسانی آزاد تاریخچه‌ای طولانی و تأثیرگذار در ایالات متحده دارد، اما شکل‌گیری مدرن آن در صحنه آموزش عالی بریتانیا پدیده‌ای نسبتاً جدید است. در حدود پانزده سال گذشته، نزدیک به چهل دوره نام‌گذاری‌شده علوم انسانی آزاد برای دانشجویان کارشناسی در دانشگاه‌های بریتانیا توسعه یافته است که با الهام اولیه از مدل دیرینه ایالات متحده، آن را برای بریتانیا بازآفرینی کرده‌اند. این بخش ویژه جدید، بینشی نوین به پژوهش‌های نوظهور در حوزه علوم انسانی آزاد نه تنها در بریتانیا، بلکه در سراسر جهان ارائه می‌دهد.

The article presents a comprehensive analysis of the methodological toolkit for research on language education in the Baltic States under conditions of digitalization. The expediency of using a multi-level structure of scientific inquiry, which includes theoretical-methodological, system-analytical, and generalizing-prognostic levels, is substantiated. It is proven that such a research logic ensures the integrity of the scientific strategy, consistency in studying the problem, and reliability of the obtained results. The content of the theoretical-methodological level is revealed, which involves understanding the essence of language education digitalization, forming the source base, clarifying the conceptual and terminological framework, and defining the conceptual foundations of the study. The significance of general scientific methods of analysis, synthesis, systematization, generalization, and interpretation, as well as specific scientific methods of theoretical generalization, historical-structural, comparative-historical, and terminological analysis, is determined. The system-analytical level aimed at an in-depth study of the source base, systematization of factual material, development of the periodization of language education digitalization, and comparative analysis of educational practices in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia is characterized. The role of the problem-search method, theoretical modeling, retrospective analysis, comparative approach, and periodization method is identified. It has been found that the generalizing-prognostic level ensures the integration of research results, the identification of leading trends in the digital transformation of language education, the formulation of practical recommendations for higher education institutions in Ukraine, and the forecasting of prospects for the field's further development. Particular attention is paid to the possibilities for adapting the Baltic States' construction experience to the Ukrainian educational space. It is concluded that the application of an integrated system of methods and scientific approaches creates a proper basis for studying digitalization of language education, makes it possible to identify patterns of its development, and determine effective directions for modernizing language training in higher education.

Against the backdrop of deepening industry-education integration in vocational education and AI-driven digital transformation, productive teaching projects face not only the perennial challenge of transforming authentic production tasks into teachable activities, but also new challenges such as rapid resource obsolescence, heterogeneous learner foundations, and insufficient evidence for process-based assessment. Taking the “Deployment and Maintenance of a Navigation Data Storage Platform” task from the Yangtze River Trunk-Line Ship Water Pollutant Joint Supervision and Service Information System as a case, this study builds on the six-stage process of Select→Deconstruct→Define→Transform→Integrate→Extend and develops a human–AI collaborative mechanism characterized by real projects as the carrier, job competencies as the main line, and AI-supported cognition as the support. To strengthen AI empowerment across project development and implementation, AI is embedded in project selection, work-process deconstruction, competency definition, teaching-task transformation, curriculum integration, and resource expansion, and is integrated with IDEAL project-based learning, multi-stakeholder whole-process assessment, “dual-teacher + AI assistant” collaboration, and a blended virtual–real training environment. This study provides a reference for IT-related programs seeking to build replicable and iteratively improvable AI-empowered productive teaching projects.

The article provides a theoretical analysis of the problem of implementing project activity in the educational process of primary school. The latest publications on the problem are studied and a discussion of scientists on the analysis of such categories as "project activity", "project method", "interactive interaction", "project skills and abilities" is presented. The particularities of the functioning of project activity from a psychological and pedagogical perspective are determined. It is stated that the specified activity is implemented in the course of introducing the “project method” into the educational process, which is defined by scientists in different ways: as a specific practice of teachers' work aimed at forming a certain system of intellectual and practical skills in students; as a comprehensive teaching method; as a pedagogical technology; as a learning system. It is noted that the definition of the project method as a comprehensive teaching method is based on its vision as a set of methodological techniques of a exploratory nature aimed at achieving a certain educational goal. It is stated that in the course of project activity, the project skills of primary school teachers are developed, which include the following: to carry out prospective planning of strategic, tactical and operational tasks and methods of solution; to foresee possible options for solving a system of pedagogical tasks; to outline the results that need to be achieved in the course of performing a particular work; to set and to implement the goals of independent work. It is determined that forming project activity of younger schoolchildren proceeds in several stages: first they get acquainted with a new type of activity, realizing its content; then they master it in a partial format; finally, they independently develop educational projects. The prospects for further scientific explorations are identified as a research into practical ways of implementing the project activity of younger schoolchildren by using innovative digital tools.

While research into inclusivity and dyslexia, a neurodevelopmental condition affecting language learning, has gained greater attention, multilevel stakeholders’ perspectives across both public schools and teacher education programs remain underexplored. Addressing this gap, this study adapts the broader UNESCO Policy Review Framework as a lens for investigating dyslexia-friendly inclusive practices among ELT stakeholders, including in-service teachers, school administrators, teacher educators, and university administrators in the Riau Islands, Indonesia. Utilizing a mixed-methods research design, this study gathered data through questionnaires, classroom observations, and semi-structured interviews. Subsequently, data were analyzed via descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. Results revealed limited awareness of dyslexia and inclusive education, alongside misconceptions and reliance on special schools. Although inclusive practices were evident (mainly differentiated instruction), specific support for students with dyslexia remained unaddressed. Despite inclusion being viewed positively and mandated within the education system, its implementation remained weak. The study offers implications for systemic reform, suggesting that ELT stakeholders enhance their inclusive practices through training and developing inclusive institutional management. Additionally, teacher education institutions should pursue curricular adjustments to incorporate dyslexia-friendly inclusive practices.

Various disciplines view reflection as both a theory and a practice for helping make learning more visible to students as well as giving them a greater sense of agency; thus, the importance of reflection in higher education is well established. In recent years, scholars in SoTL have acknowledged and theorized about the importance of reflection for faculty. Our 360-degree model builds on this scholarship and research in writing studies in order to suggest that directional (inward, outward, forward, backward) reflection helps faculty analyze their teaching practices by integrating theoretical insights and evidence to evaluate effectiveness while also supporting ongoing professional growth. This poster shares an application of the 360-degree model of reflection, encouraging faculty to build reflective practices into their SoTL projects.

The present study explores police cadets’ perceptions of the Psychology course within their training context. The sample consisted of 111 first-year cadets who completed a structured questionnaire including subscales measuring attitudes toward the course, perceived professional usefulness, contribution to personal development, content evaluation, level of understanding, and comparative evaluation with other courses. The findings indicate a moderate to positive overall attitude, with particularly strong recognition of the course’s professional relevance. However, lower levels of intrinsic motivation and perceived contribution to personal development were observed. The course content was evaluated as contemporary, relevant, and appropriately demanding, although it did not strongly engage students’ interest. A key finding of the study is the clear preference for more interactive and experiential teaching methods, which appear crucial for enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes. Overall, while the Psychology course is acknowledged as an essential component of police education, the results highlight the need for a pedagogical redesign focusing on applied learning and active participation.

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a project-based learning strategy utilizing digital platforms in developing the analytical writing skills of female secondary school students. The study employed a quasi-experimental approach, with a sample consisting of 60 eleventh-grade students from Al-Nuzha Secondary Mixed School, under the Qwaismeh Directorate. The participants were divided equally into two groups: an experimental group (n = 30) and a control group (n = 30). Data were gathered by administering a pre- and post-test of analytical writing to the study sample.The results revealed statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group in the pre- and post-assessments of the analytical writing test, favoring the post-test with a mean value of 32.23. Furthermore, statistically significant differences were observed at the significance level (α = 0.05) among the students’ mean scores across the specific dimensions of analytical writing (text introduction, text body, text conclusion, and text coherence). Notably, highly significant differences were detected at the significance level (p = 0.000) in the post-assessment of both the "text body" and "text coherence" dimensions. Based on these findings, the study recommends developing specialized educational digital platforms for the Ministry of Education and integrating them with school textbooks, while emphasizing the necessity of training teachers to effectively utilize and implement these platforms in the educational process, particularly for teaching language. skills.

This study contributes to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) by examining how case-based teaching and threshold concepts promote culturally inclusive pedagogical practices among pre-service teachers (PSTs). Our research design reflects SoTL principles by taking a systematic, transparent, iterative, and collaborative approach to collecting, analysing, and sharing data. Our work is explicitly aligned with theoretical frameworks, and we address unresolved issues in order to facilitate transformative learning. We aimed to explore how PSTs perceive culturally inclusive pedagogy and professional competence in a case-based course. Three key findings emerged: increased awareness of classroom diversity, a change in the PSTs’ understanding of culturally inclusive teaching, and resistance to exploratory learning designs. Many PSTs demonstrated transformative learning and sound professional judgment. However, some expressed resistance and uncertainty, underscoring the importance of scaffolding and support. The findings align with the literature on threshold concepts as gateways to boundary crossing and a deeper understanding of diversity in SoTL. The results highlight the potential of case-based teaching to encourage metacognitive reflection and to promote inclusive educational practices in teacher education programs. The study demonstrates that designing inquiry-based learning activities that integrate case studies and threshold concepts can facilitate critical reflection and metacognition among PSTs.

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a training program based on constructivist theory in improving the pedagogical competencies of female digital skills teachers. To achieve this aim, a quasi-experimental approach was employed with a sample of 20 female digital skills teachers. A pedagogical competency test was developed, and its validity and reliability were established. The findings revealed statistically significant differences at the significance level of α ≤ 0.05 between the mean post-test scores of the experimental and control groups in the dimension of subject-matter knowledge, attributable to the training program. Statistically significant differences were also found between the two groups’ mean post-test scores in the dimension of knowledge of students’ characteristics and educational needs, attributable to the training program. Finally, the results indicated statistically significant differences between the two groups’ mean post-test scores in the dimension of pedagogical knowledge, attributable to the training program. The study offered several recommendations, most notably incorporating constructivist theory-based training programs into teachers’ professional development across different disciplines because of their role in improving knowledge of instructional content, students’ characteristics and educational needs, and teaching principles and strategies. It also recommended providing specialized training programs in teaching methods and strategies, with particular emphasis on training teachers to select the most appropriate instructional strategy according to the nature and characteristics of their students.

The article analyzes the process of development and initiation of creative abilities at various stages of profession-oriented foreign language training for technical university students. Each stage of foreign language training is described by key characteristics that contribute to the development of students’ creative abilities in a non-linguistic university. The process of developing students’ creative abilities is a hierarchical one. Each stage of foreign language training serves as a preparatory step for the development and initiation of the student's creative abilities.

Despite global advances in digital pedagogy, structured professional development that integrates technology into martial arts instruction remains scarce. Grounded in the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework, this explanatory sequential mixed-methods study examined the self-described TPACK proficiency of Wushu teachers and the specific proficiency gaps they experience in practice. A researcher-developed questionnaire was administered to a random sample of Wushu teachers, and ten of them were subsequently interviewed. Quantitative findings indicate that teachers are generally proficient across all three TPACK domains (overall M = 2.98, SD = 0.26), with Content Knowledge ranking highest (M = 3.01) and Technological Knowledge lowest (M = 2.96). Qualitative findings, however, revealed three concrete gaps: limited use of mobile and wearable technologies, absence of standardized tools for performance assessment, and inadequate understanding of biomechanics and physical conditioning principles. The study concludes that Wushu teachers possess strong mastery of technique and instructional strategy but require targeted development in technology integration, objective assessment, and the science of movement. A four-module ITM-Wushu (Integrated TPACK Training Model for Wushu Teachers) is proposed to address these gaps. Implications for teacher education and suggestions for future research are discussed.

ABSTRACT Differences in Arabic language-use environments offer a perspective for understanding why speaking instruction does not always provide learners with comparable language experiences. This study examines mahārah taḥadduts through a comparison of the Arabic Language Education Program at UIN Raden Intan Lampung, Indonesia, and the Arabic Literature Program at Yarmouk University, Jordan. A qualitative approach was employed using a comparative case study design. Data were collected through observations, semi-structured interviews with lecturers, program heads, students, and alumni, as well as document analysis. The data were analyzed using the Miles and Huberman model, supplemented by within-case and cross-case analyses, while triangulation was employed to establish data trustworthiness. Both programs demonstrated relatively similar instructional patterns involving topic selection, preparation, presentations, dialogue, and question-and-answer sessions. The most notable distinction concerned their language-use environments. At UIN Raden Intan Lampung, speaking practice was largely confined to formally structured learning settings (by design), whereas at Yarmouk University, Arabic was also used in academic interactions and everyday communication (given). These differences were associated with variations in practice opportunities, forms of oral production, and affective-linguistic barriers, without treating the language environment as the sole determining factor. These findings inform the proposed Tiered Oral Production Model, which distinguishes scheduled production (Layer 1) from contextual production (Layer 2). Developing speaking proficiency therefore requires broader opportunities to use Arabic beyond the classroom, alongside further testing of the model across diverse educational contexts. ABSTRAK Perbedaan lingkungan penggunaan bahasa Arab memberikan perspektif untuk memahami mengapa pembelajaran keterampilan berbicara tidak selalu menghasilkan pengalaman berbahasa yang serupa. Penelitian ini menelaah pembelajaran mahārah taḥadduts melalui perbandingan Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Arab UIN Raden Intan Lampung dan Program Studi Sastra Arab Yarmouk University, Yordania. Kajian dilakukan dengan pendekatan kualitatif melalui desain studi kasus komparatif. Observasi, wawancara semi-terstruktur dengan dosen, ketua program studi, mahasiswa, dan alumni, serta dokumentasi digunakan untuk memperoleh data. Analisis mengikuti model Miles dan Huberman, kemudian diperdalam melalui penelaahan dalam-kasus dan lintas-kasus; triangulasi digunakan untuk memeriksa keabsahan data. Kedua program studi memperlihatkan pola instruksional yang relatif serupa, meliputi penentuan tema, persiapan, presentasi, dialog, dan tanya jawab. Pembeda yang menonjol terdapat pada ekologi penggunaan bahasa. Di UIN Raden Intan Lampung, praktik berbicara lebih banyak terikat pada ruang pembelajaran yang dirancang secara formal (by design), sedangkan di Yarmouk University bahasa Arab juga hadir dalam interaksi akademik dan keseharian (given). Perbedaan ini berkaitan dengan variasi kesempatan praktik, bentuk produksi lisan, dan hambatan afektif-linguistik, tanpa menempatkan lingkungan sebagai faktor tunggal. Temuan tersebut melandasi usulan Model Produksi Lisan Bertingkat, yang membedakan produksi terjadwal (Lapis 1) dan produksi kontekstual (Lapis 2). Pengembangan keterampilan berbicara karena itu perlu memperluas kesempatan penggunaan bahasa Arab di luar kelas sekaligus menguji model tersebut pada konteks pendidikan yang beragam.

In the modern world, students should be equipped with critical thinking, problem-solving, and autonomous learning skills. Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is designed to foster these competencies by shifting the focus from teacher-centered instruction to student-centered learning. However, many instructors struggle with this transition and tend to take control of the classroom instead of encouraging students to take charge of their own learning. This study investigates how teachers implement PBL and what factors contribute to teacher dominance in a student-centered approach. We employed a mixed-methods design, incorporating classroom observations and semi-structured interviews with 20 teachers from two universities in East Java, Indonesia. Findings revealed that teachers correctly implemented only 37.50% of PBL phases, while in 62.50% of cases, the instructors misapplied or didn’t complete the PBL phase. Teacher-centered activities dominated 64.17% of classroom interactions, limiting opportunities for learner autonomy. Interview results highlighted that many teachers misunderstood problem presentation, while some believed PBL was only effective for high-achieving students. These findings highlight a need for targeted professional development programs to help teachers become facilitators rather than content deliverers. Without proper training, PBL risks becoming a modified version of traditional teaching. Future research should explore long-term changes in teacher autonomy and incorporate students’ perspectives in order to better understand the impact of PBL implementation.

Although classical poetry is central to Chinese language education, how poetry learning is linked to writing development has rarely been characterized empirically. This one-year longitudinal study followed 1,920 students in Grades 3–6 from 48 classes in 12 primary schools across four waves and applied a four-level growth model (measurement occasions nested within students, students within classes, and classes within schools). The cognitive load components were indexed provisionally by NASA-TLX subscales, and results that depend on their distinction are interpreted as preliminary. Eight confirmatory tests were controlled with the Holm procedure and all remaining analyses were reported as exploratory with Benjamini-Hochberg control; a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model examined within-person lagged associations, which inform rather than establish the ordering of the modeled associations; and the 12-school highest level was examined with leave-one-school-out refits, a wild cluster bootstrap, prior sensitivity analyses, a school fixed-effects model, and a calibrated Monte Carlo simulation. Intrinsic (β = −0.41) and extraneous (β = −0.49) cognitive load were negatively and germane cognitive load (β = 0.45) positively associated with writing ability (Holm-adjusted p < .001), and schema construction, imagery processing, and emotional resonance carried statistical indirect associations totaling 0.587 (76.2% of the total association). The interaction of teaching method with cognitive load ( γ = 0.47, Holm-adjusted p = .011) was retained under all small-cluster sensitivity analyses, whereas the interactions with grade and class environment were exploratory and the school-level variance component was imprecisely estimated, and writing ability followed a mildly decelerating quadratic trajectory ( π 2 = −0.17 points per wave², Holm-adjusted p < .001). With imputation, centering, model reselection, refitting, and BLUP computation confined to the training folds, prediction for new students in the sampled classes and schools reached R 2 = 0.847 and RMSE = 4.28, meeting the preset RMSE target, whereas three-band accuracy (80.3%) fell short of the preset 85% target, and prediction for unseen classes and schools reached R 2 = 0.768 and 0.656. The findings characterize the multilevel associations between classical poetry learning and writing development and support instructional recommendations restricted to the confirmatory results.

Despite the integration of Earth Sciences into Moroccan secondary education, geology teaching faces multiple obstacles. This study provides a multi‑dimensional analysis of curricular, didactic, epistemological, linguistic, and ideological barriers. Using a mixed‑method design, we analysed official curricula (2007–2025), six textbooks, 47 articles, and surveyed 120 Life and Earth Sciences teachers. Results show that geology accounts for only 17% of total instructional time and is absent from three of seven major streams. 78% of teachers feel unprepared to teach geological time, 65% never use physical models, and only 12% of schools organise field trips. In French‑medium sections, 65% of students score below 50% on geology assessments (vs. 41% in Arabic sections). 72% of students confuse human and geological time scales. We propose evidence‑based remedies: curriculum restructuring (25% of LES time), mandatory field trips, physical modelling, ICT integration, and teacher training in conceptual change approaches.

The study aimed to analyze the impact of implementing instructional sequences on strengthening the teaching of Spanish Language and Social Sciences at the primary level in Regional 02, San Juan, Dominican Republic. A quantitative approach was adopted, using a non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive design. The participants comprised 498 individuals, including 463 teachers and 35 district-level educational specialists. Structured questionnaires were administered, and the data were analyzed using frequencies and percentages. The results revealed a favorable assessment of the implementation of instructional sequences, particularly regarding the progressive organization of activities, activation of prior knowledge, student participation, oral and written production, and learning monitoring. Teachers also perceived improvements in lesson planning, organization, and assessment practices. However, district-level specialists identified areas requiring further consolidation, particularly the alignment between planning and classroom practice, the correspondence between activities and learning evidence, the use of educational resources, and pedagogical support. Challenges related to available instructional time and the need to make adaptations during implementation were also identified. It is concluded that instructional sequences have a favorable impact on strengthening teaching, although their consolidation requires systematic monitoring, teacher training, and contextualization of instructional proposals.

Microteaching is one of the courses that plays an important role in preparing prospective Islamic Religious Education (PAI) teachers to possess competencies that meet the demands of the teaching profession. This study aims to examine the urgency of microteaching in preparing professional PAI teachers through the development of pedagogical, professional, social, and personal competencies. The study employs a qualitative approach using library research. Data were obtained from various literature sources, including books, scientific journals, research articles, and academic documents relevant to microteaching and teacher professionalism. Data collection was conducted through documentation studies, while data analysis employed content analysis techniques. The findings indicate that microteaching serves as a means of bridging theory and teaching practice, training basic teaching skills, developing self-reflection abilities, and enhancing students' readiness to face field practice and the professional world. Furthermore, microteaching makes a significant contribution to the development of pedagogical, professional, social, and personal competencies among prospective PAI teachers. Its successful implementation is supported by lecturer guidance, the availability of learning facilities, and student motivation, although challenges remain, including limited time, nervousness, and differences between simulated situations and actual classroom conditions. Therefore, optimizing microteaching through the use of innovative methods, educational technology, constructive feedback, and continuous practice is necessary to produce professional, competent PAI teachers who are prepared to face the challenges of education in the modern era.

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are an essential mechanism for collaborative professional learning of teachers. However, evidence remains limited on the specific activities secondary school Biology teachers engage in within PLCs and their perceived contribution to competence-based teaching in Tanzania. This study investigated the PLC activities conducted by secondary school Biology teachers in Dodoma City and their perceived contribution to competence-based teaching practices. Social Constructivist Theory guided the study. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted, and data were collected through a structured questionnaire from 103 Biology teachers in 60 randomly selected public and private secondary schools and analysed using descriptive statistics. The key findings show that teachers engaged mainly in practice-oriented activities: collaborative lesson planning (83.5% of respondents) and peer observation (52.4%) were the only activities reported by more than half of the teachers, whereas setting and reviewing goals (21.4%) and action research and inquiry-based learning (16.5%) were the least practised. Teachers rated the contribution of PLC activities to competence-based teaching as great on all six indicators (M = 3.99–4.18). The strongest contributions were in preparing competence-based lesson plans integrating lessons into real-life situations and involving students in classroom activities, while formative assessment received the lowest, though still high, rating. These findings imply that PLCs benefit learners by helping teachers deliver more learner-centred, contextualised, and participatory lessons, which are the classroom conditions through which competence-based learning and academic performance are improved. The study recommends strengthening inquiry-oriented PLC activities, particularly action research and the collaborative analysis of assessment evidence, so that PLCs can more fully support learners’ achievement.

This article analyzes the management of distance education (DE) in the context of continuing education for youth and adults (EPJA), exploring its institutional, pedagogical, and technical dimensions. Through an approach that compares empirical data, obtained from a jurisdictional survey with federal regulations and analyzes them through the lens of contemporary theoretical frameworks, the study examines how provinces operationalize the principles of flexibility and modularity. The results reveal significant heterogeneity in the implementation of teaching roles, technological supports, and assessment criteria. It is concluded that the quality of this modality depends on comprehensive management that ensures coherence between organizational and instructional decisions, thereby guaranteeing the continuity of participants' educational trajectories, through the pedagogical option of distance education, which is mediated and hosted in virtual learning environments (VLEs), designed specifically for the particular needs of adult learners.

Effective leadership is important to the functioning and development of private higher education institutions. This study analyzed leadership experiences and perceptions at Africa Renewal University (AfRU), focusing on the qualities and practices perceived to contribute to effective leadership. A mixed-method case study design was used, combining structured questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with students, teaching staff, non-teaching staff, management and senior leaders. The study obtained responses from 133 participants out of a target population of 200, representing a 66.5% response rate. Transformational leadership was the most frequently identified leadership style across all respondent groups, reported by 86.96% of students, 77.5% of teaching staff, 66.67% of non-teaching staff, and 70% of management and senior leaders. Among the leadership qualities examined, integrity and ethics received the highest number of responses, followed by effective communication, problem-solving and decision-making. Empathy and emotional intelligence and visionary thinking were also identified, although their emphasis varied across respondent groups. The findings indicate that perceived leadership effectiveness at AfRU was associated with a combination of ethical conduct, effective communication and practical leadership capabilities within a predominantly transformational leadership context. The study highlights the importance of developing leaders who can combine ethical character with effective communication, decision-making and problem-solving in private higher education.

Curriculum reform depends on how school leaders support its everyday implementation. This study examined the relationship between curriculum leadership practices and perceived curriculum implementation effectiveness among public school heads in Albay, Ligao City, and Iriga City, Philippines. Guided by Hallinger and Murphy’s instructional leadership model, a cross-sectional descriptive-correlational design was used. Fifty school heads voluntarily completed a questionnaire containing 60 items across six subscales. Analyses included descriptive statistics, internal consistency estimates, Pearson correlation, and simultaneous multiple regression, supplemented by rank-based correlation, robust standard errors, and influential-case checks. Respondents reported very high leadership practices (M = 4.702, SD = 0.375) and implementation effectiveness (M = 4.678, SD = 0.359). However, 71.2% of item responses received the highest rating, indicating a ceiling effect. Overall leadership and implementation scores were strongly associated (r = .804, p < .001). The regression model explained 66.8% of the observed variance. Positive learning climate was the only dimension with a significant unique association (B = 0.535, β = .595, p = .002), a finding retained in sensitivity analyses. Mission definition and instructional management did not contribute significant additional variance after their overlap with learning climate was considered. Findings suggest that collaboration, recognition, inclusion, and professional learning deserve attention in curriculum support. Nevertheless, the voluntary sample, common source of measurement, unverified content validity, and overlapping predictors limit interpretation. The results describe perceptions rather than independently demonstrated effectiveness and cannot establish causation. Larger studies using validated instruments, teacher reports, observations, and documentary evidence are needed to test these relationships.

The article examines the potential of mindfulness exercises for promoting students’ well-being and improving the effectiveness of English language teaching in higher education institutions of Ukraine. The relevance of the study is due to the increasing levels of stress, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, and reduced motivation among students, particularly in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine, which highlights the need for educational approaches that support both academic achievement and psychological well-being. The paper reviews contemporary theoretical and empirical research on mindfulness, outlines its core principles, and analyses their application to the foreign language classroom. Particular attention is paid to the contribution of mindfulness to reducing foreign language anxiety, strengthening emotional regulation, increasing resilience, motivation, self-efficacy, concentration, memory, communication skills, and speaking performance. The article also discusses the pedagogical principles underlying effective mindfulness instruction, including intention, attention, attitude, inquiry-based learning, and the creation of a supportive and non-judgemental learning environment. Furthermore, the principles of non-judgement, acceptance, beginner’s mind, patience, non-striving, trust, letting go, and compassion are interpreted in relation to English language learning. Based on the analysed literature, the paper proposes a set of practical mindfulness activities that can be integrated into English language lessons, including mindful breathing, listening, writing, conversations, body scanning, movement, grounding, visualisation, art practices, and savouring. These activities may be used as lesson warm-ups, fillers, transitions, or independent learning tasks to foster students’ emotional well-being while simultaneously developing their communicative competence. It is concluded that mindfulness represents a valuable pedagogical approach capable of creating psychologically safe and engaging learning environments that support both language acquisition and personal development.

In volleyball, as in other sports, special attention should be paid to the individual characteristics of the athlete. However, this is often neglected. Most problems arise when the selection criteria for a role are not a player’s personal qualities, but rather their technical and tactical skills (tallness, a strong dominant arm, etc.). Here, it’s not just the player’s skills that matter, but also how they present themselves as a person. Many personal qualities are determined by a person’s genetic code, which cannot be changed. The nervous system, temperament, and character play a crucial role in success in volleyball. Athletes’ activities during volleyball are subject to many specific characteristics inherent to the game. The fast pace, the variety and unexpectedness of game situations, the interaction with teammates, the intermittent pace, and other characteristics place mental demands on volleyball players that are markedly different from those placed on, for example, a gymnast during gymnastics exercises. A volleyball player must be able to quickly and accurately navigate changing conditions, instantly switch from one situation to another, and be prepared for any actions by teammates and opponents. The time constraints of fast-paced play place high demands on reaction time and decision-making. Two main types of neuropsychological resilience can be distinguished: players with an unstable nervous system and those with an inert nervous system. In the former case, a player may involuntarily change their mental state before an important game, sometimes becoming calm, sometimes excited. It is important to properly prepare such volleyball players. High-intensity and prolonged training before the game will help them focus and distract themselves from external stress. An athlete with this type of nervous system should focus on the technique and precision of the elements they perform. In the case of an inert nervous system, training should be focused on mental work. Before the game, a volleyball player should begin psychological preparation, which will consist of positive and negative mental stimulation based on the athlete’s personal experience. When working during training or warm-ups, it’s important to emphasize the athlete’s potential dangers.

Introduction: In children's football, attentional concentration is fundamental, as it allows for the selection of relevant stimuli and an effective response to the changing situations of the game. Objective: To evaluate the effects of a training program based on the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) model on attentional concentration in football players aged 9 to 11 from the Santa Elena Cantonal Sports League. Method: A pre-experimental single-group design study was conducted, with pre-test and post-test measurements on 30 child football players. The d2 and Toulouse-Piéron tests, an observation guide, and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used. Results: The overall score of the d2 increased from 117 ± 16.3 to 139 ± 16.9, while the Toulouse-Piéron score increased from 152.40 ± 25.15 to 175.90 ± 25.86. The processed response times in the d2 increased from 366 ± 28.7 to 401 ± 31.7, and the number of errors in the Toulouse-Piéron decreased from 10.17 ± 3.40 to 7.07 ± 3.86. The differences between pre and post-test were statistically significant (p < 0.001). The expert evaluation showed a high level of agreement (W = 0.89; p < 0.001). Discussion: The results indicate that TGfU promotes attentional concentration through game situations that integrate perception, decision-making, and motor execution. Conclusion: The program generated improvements in the evaluated indicators and constitutes a structured pedagogical alternative for cognitive-motor training in formative football.

Teaching English as a foreign language faces several challenges related to student motivation, active participation, and the development of communicative skills, particularly speaking. In response to this situation, gamification has emerged as an innovative teaching strategy that incorporates game elements into educational contexts in order to promote meaningful learning experiences. The aim of this study is to analyze the potential of gamification for the development of English-speaking skills, considering its theoretical foundations, key components, and practical applications in the teaching and learning process of foreign languages. From a theoretical and descriptive perspective, the study examines contributions from various scholars who emphasize the value of elements such as points, badges, levels, challenges, and immediate feedback systems in fostering motivation, participation, and learners' self-confidence. Likewise, practical experiences involving role-playing games, gamified debates, digital platforms, and collaborative learning environments are discussed as effective means of encouraging the contextualized use of the language. The analysis reveals that gamification contributes to reducing communication anxiety, increasing student interaction, and strengthening linguistic and social skills that are essential for English language learning. It is concluded that this methodology represents an effective alternative for enriching foreign language instruction, provided that its implementation is guided by clearly defined pedagogical objectives and adapted to the characteristics of the educational context in which it is applied.

Vocabulary support in early secondary education needs to reflect differences in learners’ reading readiness and opportunities to use words meaningfully. This study examined reported reading profiles and vocabulary ratings from six public secondary schools in Pio Duran, Albay, Philippines, to inform the development of supplementary vocabulary material. A descriptive analysis was conducted using school assessment summaries, teacher informed vocabulary ratings, and curricular appraisal frequencies documented in the thesis. Reading categories were treated as indicators of reading performance rather than direct measures of vocabulary mastery. School summaries generally showed fewer learners in the frustration category at posttest and more learners in instructional or independent categories. Vocabulary ratings increased across the six schools, from baseline values of 1.67–3.12 to posttest values of 2.06–3.90. However, identical scores across generalization, application, breadth, and precision prevented separate interpretation of these dimensions. Recomputed appraisal means were 4.93 for content quality, 4.94 for format, and 4.92 for presentation and organization on the reported five point scale. Accuracy ratings also identified minor errors requiring editorial attention. The supplementary material was organized around progressively demanding vocabulary tasks, contextual use, and differentiated support. Findings provide a local basis for refining instructional resources, but they do not establish intervention effectiveness. Inconsistent participant totals, incomplete documentation of assessment procedures, and discrepancies in validation records limit interpretation. Verification of the original records and a subsequent classroom evaluation are needed before stronger claims can be made. The study supports alignment between learner evidence, material design, and the scope of conclusions drawn from school assessments.

Teaching Factory (TEFA) provides vocational students with authentic, industry-oriented learning experiences. However, its evaluation often focuses on technical performance and final learning outcomes, leaving employability skills insufficiently assessed. Previous studies have largely examined TEFA implementation and digital assessment separately, highlighting the need for an integrated evaluation model. This study aimed to develop and validate a Digital Teaching Factory Evaluation Model that integrates authentic learning, digital assessment, and employability skills evaluation. A research and development approach was employed using the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation). Data were collected through literature reviews, observations, interviews, questionnaires, document analysis, expert validation, and pretest-posttest assessments. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively, while qualitative data were examined through coding, categorization, and triangulation. The results showed that the model achieved 88.0% expert validation and 90.0% practicality, indicating that it was highly valid and very practical. Students’ average employability skills scores increased from 67.8 to 84.4, with a reported relative gain of 51.7%. Work readiness showed the highest relative gain (58.1%), followed by collaboration (53.3%), problem-solving (51.4%), communication (50.0%), and adaptability (45.5%). These findings suggest that the model offers a practical framework for assessing employability skills within authentic TEFA activities. It can help vocational teachers document student performance, provide timely feedback, and align assessment with workplace expectations. Further research involving larger samples and stronger experimental designs is needed to examine its effectiveness across different vocational education contexts.

This study examined the alignment between professional development opportunities and instructional practices among public kindergarten teachers at West City Elementary School, Dumaguete City, during school year 2025–2026. Guided by the integrated Gibbs–ERA reflective framework, it employed a descriptive-correlational design and total enumeration of seven kindergarten teachers. Data were collected through an adapted structured questionnaire administered via Google Forms and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman’s rank-order correlation. Respondents rated trainings and seminars (reported composite mean = 3.29), coaching and mentoring (3.48), classroom management (3.88), and teaching strategies (3.89) positively. Teachers particularly endorsed collaborative coaching, effective use of classroom time, supportive student–teacher relationships, differentiation, and adjustment of teaching strategies. Professional development opportunities had a very strong positive association with reported instructional practices (Spearman’s ρ = .860, p = .013, n = 7). These self-reported findings suggest that professional learning and instructional practice are closely aligned in the school, although the single-school, small-sample design cannot establish causality or verify changes in pupil outcomes. The study recommends sustained, school-based training, peer coaching, mentoring, instructional observation, and structured reflection to support transfer of professional learning to everyday teaching.

Creativity is a core competency within Kenya’s Competency-Based Education framework, and Integrated Science offers opportunities for learners to investigate, collaborate, experiment, and apply scientific knowledge. However, limited context-specific evidence exists on how teachers combine instructional strategies to foster creativity in Junior School Integrated Science. This study assessed variations in teachers’ combined use of inquiry-based, collaborative, experiential and hands-on, and technology-enhanced strategies in public Junior Schools in Ainabkoi Sub-County, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. Guided by Piaget’s Cognitive Constructivist Theory, it adopted a pragmatic worldview and convergent parallel mixed-methods design. Questionnaires were completed by 81 Integrated Science teachers, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 Lead Integrated Science Teachers. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), while qualitative data underwent thematic analysis. Collaborative learning recorded the highest use (M = 4.06, SD = 0.65), followed by inquiry-based learning (M = 3.94, SD = 0.66), experiential/hands-on learning (M = 3.54, SD = 0.53), and technology-enhanced instruction (M = 2.92, SD = 0.37). HCA yielded three exploratory profiles distinguished by relative emphasis on technology, inquiry and experiential learning, and collaboration. Interviews indicated that teachers adapted strategy combinations to lesson demands, resources, time, class size, and preparation requirements. The findings show variation in teachers’ reported practices, supporting differentiated professional development and improved access to practical and digital resources. Learner creativity was not directly measured.

This descriptive study examined the reported extent of best teaching practices among private secondary school teachers in the Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk, Kalinga and Apayao, Philippines. The 2015 investigation involved 70 teachers from 10 private secondary schools and used a five-point survey questionnaire addressing teachers’ professional conduct, subject-matter expertise, student-centered teaching, experiential learning, moral development, critical thinking, and facilitation. Frequencies, percentages, weighted means, and reported analysis-of-variance (ANOVA) comparisons were used. Most respondents were female (74.29%), aged 20–30 years (91.43%), college graduates (65.71%), and had served for 1–10 years (95.71%). The overall reported mean for teaching practices was 4.72, classified as “Very Much Use.” Strongly rated practices included facilitating group dynamics (M = 4.97), demonstrating expertise in the field (M = 4.96), and content knowledge (M = 4.90). The original ANOVA summaries classified differences by civil status (F = 10.1274), educational attainment (F = 8.4656), and years of service (F = 7.1212) as significant, while gender (F = 0.7169) and age (F = 1.602) were not. Because some source calculations, degrees of freedom, and narrative interpretations conflict, inferential decisions require verification from the original data. Overall, teachers reported frequent implementation of professionally grounded, values-oriented, and learner-responsive practices. The findings support continued contextualized faculty development, equitable instructional resources, and careful evaluation of classroom practices.

ABSTRACT Short story writing instruction among eighth-grade students at SMP NW Aikmual faces several challenges, including generating ideas, developing thoughts, selecting appropriate words, accessing reading references, and maintaining concentration. This study aims to describe the teacher’s role in supporting the development of students’ short story writing skills and to identify the supporting and inhibiting factors in the learning process. The study employed a descriptive qualitative approach involving seven informants selected through purposive sampling, comprising one Indonesian language teacher and six eighth-grade students directly involved in short story writing activities. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, observations, and documentation, then analyzed through data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The findings indicate that the teacher acts as a facilitator by providing learning materials and short story examples, a motivator through encouragement and appreciation, a mentor by guiding students in generating ideas and developing stories, and an evaluator by providing corrections and feedback. Supporting factors include teacher guidance, student motivation, and the availability of learning resources, while inhibiting factors include difficulties in developing ideas, limited vocabulary and reading references, and concentration problems. These findings indicate that targeted and continuous teacher support helps facilitate the short story writing process according to students’ needs. ABSTRAK Pembelajaran menulis cerpen pada siswa kelas VIII SMP NW Aikmual masih menghadapi kendala dalam menemukan ide, mengembangkan gagasan, merangkai kata, memperoleh referensi bacaan, dan mempertahankan konsentrasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan peran guru dalam mendukung proses pengembangan kemampuan menulis cerpen serta mengidentifikasi faktor pendukung dan penghambat pembelajaran. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif dengan tujuh informan yang dipilih secara purposive sampling, terdiri atas satu guru Bahasa Indonesia dan enam siswa kelas VIII yang terlibat langsung dalam pembelajaran menulis cerpen. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara semi-terstruktur, observasi, dan dokumentasi, kemudian dianalisis melalui reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa guru berperan sebagai fasilitator melalui penyediaan materi dan contoh cerpen, motivator melalui dorongan dan apresiasi, pembimbing melalui pendampingan dalam menentukan ide dan mengembangkan cerita, serta evaluator melalui koreksi dan umpan balik. Faktor pendukung meliputi bimbingan guru, motivasi siswa, dan ketersediaan sumber belajar, sedangkan faktor penghambat mencakup kesulitan mengembangkan gagasan, keterbatasan kosakata dan referensi, serta masalah konsentrasi. Temuan ini menunjukkan bahwa dukungan guru yang terarah dan berkelanjutan berperan dalam memfasilitasi proses menulis sesuai kebutuhan siswa.

Shared Reading (SR) is a communal well-being intervention in which a literary text is read aloud and discussed in a group. A form of emotion-centred close reading, SR emerged as a reaction against elitist academic norms and was developed in an attempt to emotionalise and democratise literary study by moving it outside of the confines of the university. This theoretical essay argues that humanities and social science lecturers might benefit from introducing SR praxis into their classes. Each section analyses an aspect of SR through emotionally engaged (hooks, Palmer), relational (Hickey, Riddle, Gravett), and critical (Freire) pedagogical and theoretical lenses, arguing that SR serves many of the aspirations of these pedagogies. I then consider how SR might be implemented in an academic setting and the kind of adaptations that might be necessary. This essay is a thought experiment which I hope will lay the groundwork for a more sustained and applied experiment in SR. Throughout, I argue that infusing SR into university settings has the potential to positively benefit student well-being and academic performance.

This study examined the lived experiences of teachers handling students with special needs in mainstream classrooms at Holy Cross Colleges, Inc. Pampanga during the 2026–2027 school year. Anchored in Husserlian descriptive phenomenology and informed by Social Cognitive Theory and Social Constructivist Theory, the study described how nine purposively selected teachers experienced, responded to, and made meaning of teaching learners with special needs without specialized preparation. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews and field notes and analyzed using Colaizzi's method, involving the extraction of significant statements, formulation of meanings, and clustering of themes into a synthesized essential structure. Four themes emerged: Thrown Into Inclusion: Teaching Without a Map, describing participants' unplanned, unsupported entry into inclusive teaching; Reading the Signs: Identifying and Managing Crisis in the Classroom, capturing their reliance on sustained observation and the hidden emotional labor of crisis response; Crafting a Classroom That Fits: Individualized and Relational Pedagogy, describing instructional strategies built through trial and adjustment; and It Takes a School: Collaboration, Gaps, and Shared Responsibility, documenting the collaborative networks and institutional gaps participants navigated. Together, these themes revealed that teaching a student with special needs in a mainstream classroom was experienced as a largely unassisted process of improvisation, sustainable only when a supportive relational and institutional network was present or actively built by the teacher. These findings informed the Teacher Inclusive Practice and Support Framework, proposed as the study's practical output, with implications for classroom practice, institutional policy, and future research on inclusive education.

This design case describes the development and iterative refinement of an instructional method for teaching the Spanish prepositions por and para, which are a persistent challenge for learners to master, even at advanced levels. This instructional design is a visually based mnemonic system that uses color-coded images to facilitate the memorization and contextual understanding of 14 distinct usage rules. Initially created from classroom necessity and refined over multiple semesters, the design combines visual aids, student interaction, and a novel “color reveal” step that retroactively assigns color categories—black-and-white for por and color for para—to previously memorized images. This delayed categorization allows learners to chunk and sort abstract grammar rules efficiently, reducing cognitive load and improving retention. The method was implemented in second-semester Spanish courses at a large Midwestern university and later adapted for asynchronous instruction. Only after developing the design did the theoretical underpinnings—dual coding, information processing theory, and schema formation—become clear. This case illustrates to the designer the value of practice-driven innovation and the role of cognitive theory in shaping effective instructional tools.

Vocabulary acquisition constitutes a fundamental component in learning English as a foreign language; however, traditional teaching methods do not always promote motivation or long-term lexical retention. In this context, the present study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of storytelling with urban legends in teaching vocabulary to young English learners. The re-search was developed under a quantitative approach and a quasi-experimental pretest and posttest design with a single group. The sample consisted of 48 students from the National and Foreign Languages Pedagogy major at the Technical University of Cotopaxi, and for data collection, a 30-item multiple-choice vocabulary test was used, which was applied before and after a pedagogical intervention based on four storytelling sessions using urban legends, de-signed for this research and validated through the judgment of three expert professors from the National and Foreign Languages Pedagogy major. The data were analyzed using descrip-tive statistics in Microsoft Excel, and the results showed an increase in the mean scores, which went from 20.27 in the pretest to 24.94 in the posttest; likewise, the minimum score increased from 5 to 11 points and the standard deviation decreased from 5.79 to 5.03, evi-dencing a more homogeneous performance after the intervention. In conclusion, the findings suggest that storytelling with urban legends constitutes a pertinent pedagogical strategy to strengthen English vocabulary learning by providing meaningful narrative contexts that favor the comprehension, retention, and use of new words.

This study is motivated by the declining use of sagata, a form of Lampung oral literature, due to the influence of global culture and reduced transmission of the local language to younger generations. It aims to describe the implementation of sagata instruction among fifth-grade students at MIN 10 Bandar Lampung, including planning, implementation, evaluation, and supporting/inhibiting factors. A qualitative descriptive approach was used. The subjects were three participants: one Lampung language teacher, one madrasah principal, and one fifth-grade student selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation, then analyzed through data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing; data validity was established through triangulation. Findings show that instructional planning was carried out systematically, covering module development, objective formulation, material selection, method selection, media preparation, and evaluation planning. Supporting factors included madrasah support, teachers’ roles, and student enthusiasm, while inhibiting factors included limited sagata-specific teaching materials, varying student vocabulary mastery, and the declining everyday use of sagata. Overall, sagata instruction has been implemented in a structured manner, though further strengthening of materials, media, and practice opportunities is needed to sustain its preservation through formal education. ABSTRAK Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh menurunnya penggunaan sagata, salah satu bentuk sastra lisan masyarakat Lampung, akibat derasnya arus budaya global serta berkurangnya pewarisan bahasa daerah kepada generasi muda. Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan implementasi pembelajaran sastra lisan sagata pada siswa kelas V MIN 10 Bandar Lampung, mencakup perencanaan, pelaksanaan, evaluasi, serta faktor pendukung dan penghambat pembelajaran. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian deskriptif. Subjek penelitian berjumlah tiga orang, yaitu satu guru Bahasa Lampung, satu kepala madrasah, dan satu siswa kelas V yang dipilih melalui teknik purposive sampling. Data dikumpulkan melalui observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi, kemudian dianalisis melalui kondensasi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Keabsahan data diuji melalui triangulasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perencanaan pembelajaran sagata dilakukan secara sistematis melalui penyusunan modul ajar, perumusan tujuan, penentuan materi, pemilihan metode, penyiapan media, dan perencanaan evaluasi. Faktor pendukung meliputi dukungan madrasah, peran guru, serta antusiasme siswa, sementara faktor penghambat mencakup keterbatasan bahan ajar khusus sagata, perbedaan penguasaan kosakata bahasa Lampung, dan berkurangnya penggunaan sagata dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Implementasi pembelajaran sagata telah terlaksana secara terstruktur, meskipun masih memerlukan penguatan bahan ajar, media, dan kesempatan praktik untuk mendukung keberlanjutan pelestariannya melalui pendidikan formal.

The purpose of this action research study was to explore how humorous science books can be purposefully integrated into elementary science instruction to enhance student engagement and conceptual understanding. Participants included nineteen second-grade students, ages seven to eight. The study examined the impact of teacher-led, intentional humor embedded in science texts featuring jokes, playful language, and a narrative voice. Data were collected through pre- and post-surveys assessing students’ understanding of grade-level science concepts, as well as their interest in and enjoyment of science learning. Results indicated that students responded positively to humorous science texts and demonstrated gains in content knowledge. These results suggest that humor can serve as an effective instructional strategy and that engaging, humorous science books can be a meaningful tool in elementary science education.

Islamic Cultural History (Sejarah Kebudayaan Islam/SKI) learning requires students to understand values and meaning beyond historical facts, yet empirical explanations of how storytelling connects narratives with students’ meaning-making remain limited. This study analyzes storytelling as a narrative pedagogy practice in SKI learning, identifies its pedagogical potential and limitations in supporting students’ understanding and meaning-making of Islamic historical narratives, and formulates a conceptual model of the meaning-making process emerging from the practice. A qualitative approach with a case study design was employed at MA Khozinatul ‘Ulum Blora. Data were obtained from 10 informants, comprising one Grade XI SKI teacher, one vice principal for curriculum affairs, and eight Grade XI students, through classroom observation, semi-structured interviews, and documentation. Data were analyzed using the interactive model of Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña, involving data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. The findings indicate that storytelling was implemented dialogically and adaptively rather than as a stand-alone method, being integrated with teacher explanations, questions, and classroom discussions. The practice supported students’ understanding of historical events, figures, conflicts, and values, while its limitations included students’ perceived difficulty in recalling factual details when narratives were lengthy or contained numerous names and dates, as well as dependence on teacher mediation. Meaning-making developed through narrative understanding, personal reflection, and pedagogical dialogue. The study contributes the Multi-Pathway Meaning-Making model, which conceptualizes storytelling as a trigger for engagement and meaning-making rather than as a single causal mechanism.

Reading is one of the main ways through which middle school students learn English, and the quality of their reading depends largely on the level of thinking involved in the learning process. In actual teaching, however, many reading tasks remain at a low cognitive level, and students encounter difficulty when questions require inference, evaluation, or creation. SOLO taxonomy, which describes the structural complexity of observable learning outcomes, provides a basis for planning and assessing reading tasks across cognitive levels. Drawing on representative studies from China and abroad, this paper reviews research on the application of SOLO taxonomy in English reading teaching in middle schools. It traces the origin and development of the taxonomy, analyzes its compatibility with reading teaching, and examines two lines of applied research, namely SOLO-based reading teaching design and SOLO-based reading teaching assessment. The review indicates that design research has consolidated a working model of tiered objectives, ascending tasks, and question chains, while assessment research has produced level descriptions, evaluation scales, and process-oriented frameworks. And the two lines converge on aligning objectives, activities, and assessment within one level system. The field nevertheless remains constrained by predominantly case-based methods, scarce controlled or longitudinal evidence, and uneven attention between junior and senior high schools. The review concludes that SOLO taxonomy provides an operational definition of thinking depth in reading and supports the integration of teaching, learning, and assessment, but that future work requires more rigorous empirical designs, validated instruments, and broader coverage of learners and reading contexts.

This article sought to adapt and validate an instrument for the perception of management policies and practices aimed at higher education professors, since the available instruments were designed for organisations in general and do not address the particularities of academic work. The instrument was based on two scales already validated for Brazilian organisations, with the addition of items on research incentives, publication support and the teaching career. Content and criterion validity derived from the published origin of the items, complemented by prior definition of the constructs, peer review and pre-testing. A total of 386 professors from Brazilian public and private institutions took part, answering on an interval scale based on adverbs of quantity and frequency. Internal consistency reached a Cronbach's alpha of 0.956. Exploratory factor analysis, used for the statistical validation of the constructs defined a priori, retained six factors explaining 67.3% of the accumulated variance, with a sampling adequacy of 0.948. The expected dimensions were reproduced, and the added items formed a factor of their own. It is concluded that the adapted instrument is suitable for measuring teachers' perception of institutional management.

Low learning outcomes in Islamic Religious Education (PAI) and the prevalent use of conventional instructional models pose challenges in eighth-grade instruction at MTsN 2 Kota Pariaman. However, research specifically examining the effect of the probing–prompting model on PAI learning outcomes in this context remains limited. This study aimed to analyze the effect of the probing–prompting instructional model on eighth-grade students’ PAI learning outcomes at MTsN 2 Kota Pariaman. The study employed a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group design. The sample comprised 64 students selected through purposive sampling, including 32 students from class VIII.2 as the experimental group and 32 students from class VIII.3 as the control group. Data were collected through achievement tests administered as a pretest and a posttest and analyzed using normality tests, homogeneity of variance tests, and an independent-samples t test with IBM SPSS Statistics 26. The results showed that the experimental group achieved a mean posttest score of 78.59, compared with 69.84 for the control group. The t test revealed a significant difference between the two groups (p < .001). These findings provide empirical evidence of higher PAI learning outcomes among students taught using the probing–prompting model. In practical terms, the findings support the use of this model as an alternative approach to PAI instruction that promotes student engagement through targeted questioning. Future research should involve larger samples, cover a broader range of instructional content, and examine students’ active participation, motivation, and critical thinking skills.

This study examined the contribution of service delivery to students’ enrolment in public secondary schools in Busega District, Tanzania. The study was guided by the need to understand how the quality and responsiveness of educational services influence parents’ decisions to enroll their children and students’ retention in public secondary schools. A mixed-methods approach with a predominantly quantitative orientation and an explanatory research design was employed. The study targeted 655 respondents from 30 public secondary schools, from whom a sample of 104 respondents was selected, comprising 85 teachers, 6 heads of schools, 6 Ward Education Officers, 1 District Education Officer, and 6 school board chairpersons. Data were collected using questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and observation. Validity was established through expert and supervisor review, while reliability was tested using Cronbach’s Alpha, which yielded a coefficient of 0.916 for 20 questionnaire items. Quantitative data were analysed using frequencies and percentages through SPSS version 26, while qualitative data were analysed thematically. The results showed that service delivery played an important role in contributing to student enrolment. More specifically, the majority of teachers were in agreement or strongly in agreement that effective academic service delivery contributed to increased enrolment. Moreover, they noted that quality teaching and learning contributed to the decision making of parents on enrolment of their children and that educational support services in time contributed to enrolment. Also, teachers noted that effective administrative services attracted many students and that effective service delivery generally contributed to student enrolment and retention. Another finding from open-ended questions showed that effective school-community relations and sufficient learning facilities played an important role in student enrolment. The study concluded that quality, timely, and responsive service delivery strengthened school reputation, parental confidence, students’ retention, and enrolment. The study recommends that Busega District Council and school authorities improve teaching and learning services, strengthen students’ support and administrative systems, enhance school-community partnerships, provide adequate infrastructure, and maintain safe and supportive learning environments to increase students’ enrolment in public secondary schools

Addressing the structural imbalance in smart tourism course teaching—characterized by "emphasizing technical principles while neglecting value guidance, and prioritizing case introductions over critical thinking and character cultivation"—this study takes the ideological and political education (IPE) reform of the course "Introduction to Smart Tourism" as its vehicle to construct a "dual-integration driven" teaching model. This model is driven by two wheels: interdisciplinary integration and industry-education integration. It systematically excavates the IPE elements embedded in the course, including cultural confidence, ecological protection, rural revitalization, red heritage, technological self-reliance, and data ethics. By building a full-chain IPE implementation system of "theoretical immersion—case discussion—project practice—evaluation feedback," and relying on a localized typical case database and a government-enterprise-university collaborative education platform, the model enables students to advance from "technical cognition" to "value internalization" and further to "professional practice." A three-year teaching practice shows that this model effectively enhances students' cultural identity, technological ethics awareness, and cross-cultural narrative ability, providing a replicable practical paradigm for similar universities to carry out IPE construction in smart tourism courses.

Islamic Religious Education (PAI) is not only intended to provide an understanding of religious concepts, but also to develop students’ ability to comprehend, internalize, and apply religious values in everyday life. Therefore, the learning process needs to move beyond mere mastery of subject matter and provide meaningful and in-depth learning experiences. This study focuses on analyzing deep learning-based PAI instruction from the perspective of Robert E. Slavin’s QAIT model, which consists of Quality of Instruction, Appropriate Levels of Instruction, Incentive, and Time, at SMP Negeri 1 Blora. This study employed a qualitative approach with a case study design. The informants consisted of three PAI teachers and two students selected purposively. Data were collected through interviews, classroom observations, and documentation, and were analyzed using the Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña model through data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing. The findings indicate that PAI instruction has reflected the principles of deep learning through three main aspects: meaningful learning, mindful learning, and joyful learning. In addition, analysis based on the QAIT model shows that the learning process is supported by instructional quality, the appropriateness of instruction to students’ abilities, learning motivation, and time management. Nevertheless, limited instructional time remains a challenge in providing sufficient opportunities for in-depth learning through discussion, presentation, and reflection. This study concludes that the implementation of deep learning in PAI can support a more contextual, reflective, and meaningful learning process when supported by instructional quality, appropriate strategies tailored to students’ needs, learning motivation, and adequate time management.

This study explored collaborative lesson planning practices as part of lesson study-based supervision in selected public primary schools in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania. The study was guided by Social Constructivist Theory and employed a qualitative case study design, with Bagamoyo District as the bounded case and four selected public primary schools as embedded units of analysis. A total of 34 participants, comprising 28 classroom teachers, four head teachers, and two Ward Education Officers, were purposively selected. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, observation, and document analysis and were analysed thematically. The findings revealed that collaborative lesson planning was widely practiced in the selected schools through joint preparation of lesson plans, discussion of learning objectives and teaching strategies, development of teaching aids, and sharing of instructional knowledge and resources. Teachers reported that these practices enhanced professional learning, teaching confidence, pedagogical knowledge, and collective problem-solving. However, the implementation of collaborative lesson planning was constrained by heavy teaching workloads, limited time, inadequate instructional resources, and competing administrative responsibilities. The study concludes that collaborative lesson planning constitutes an important foundation of lesson study-based supervision and provides teachers with opportunities for continuous professional learning and improvement of instructional practice. The study recommends that school leaders and education authorities allocate adequate time and resources for collaborative lesson planning, strengthen institutional support, and minimise competing responsibilities that interfere with regular lesson study activities

Purpose: This study examines the determinants of student satisfaction with graduation art creation courses among senior undergraduate students in public universities in Sichuan, China. Drawing on established service quality and student satisfaction frameworks, the study proposes and tests a structural model incorporating Curriculum, Teaching Quality, Service Quality, Service Innovation, Perceived Value, Student Engagement, and Student Satisfaction. A quantitative cross-sectional survey was conducted with 502 final-year students from three public universities selected through two-stage stratified proportional sampling. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling with maximum likelihood estimation. The findings indicate that Curriculum, Teaching Quality, Perceived Value, Student Engagement, and Service Innovation have significant positive direct effects on Student Satisfaction. Notably, Service Quality exerted a significant indirect effect on Student Satisfaction through Perceived Value, rather than a direct effect, with an indirect effect size of 0.066. Among all predictors, Perceived Value emerged as the strongest determinant of overall satisfaction. The findings highlight Perceived Value as a central mediating mechanism through which institutional and instructional factors influence graduating art students' overall educational experience.

This study examined the relationship between teachers’ pedagogical approaches and the Kindergarten learners’ reading performance in selected schools in the Division of Cagayan de Oro. It assessed five approaches: context support, ICT integration, language experience, phonemic awareness, and the whole-word approach. It also evaluated learners’ performance in comprehension, phonics, and vocabulary. Using a descriptive-correlational research design, the study involved 115 Kindergarten teachers and 230 learners. Data were gathered through a modified questionnaire and standardized test, then analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient. The findings revealed that teachers demonstrated a very high level of pedagogical approaches, with the whole-word approach rated highest and language experience lowest. Meanwhile, learners achieved satisfactory reading performance, with comprehension as their strongest area and vocabulary as their weakest. However, no significant relationship was found between teachers’ pedagogical approaches and learners’ reading performance. The study concluded that teachers were well-equipped to facilitate reading instruction through various strategies. It recommended providing more opportunities for learners to connect reading and writing activities with their personal experiences, interests, and real-life situations. Teachers were also encouraged to explore alternative instructional practices that address learners’ specific reading needs and improve their overall reading performance.

This study examined the relationships among study habits, learning-style preferences, and academic performance in Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health (MAPEH) among Grade 10 learners of Solano High School, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines, during School Year 2025–2026. Anchored in Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory and Biggs' Presage–Process–Product Model, the study employed a quantitative descriptive-correlational research design involving 300 learners selected through stratified random sampling. Data were collected using an expert-validated, researcher-made questionnaire and official first-quarter MAPEH grades, with descriptive statistics and Pearson's product-moment correlation used for analysis. Findings revealed high levels of study habits (M = 3.01) and learning-style preferences (M = 3.06), with concentration and interest emerging as the strongest study-habit dimension and tactile learning as the most preferred modality. Academic performance yielded a mean grade of 86.58, with most respondents attaining outstanding or very satisfactory ratings. A significant moderate positive relationship was established between study habits and learning styles (r = 0.635, p < 0.001). However, study habits (r = 0.277, p < 0.001) and learning styles (r = 0.135, p = 0.019) demonstrated statistically significant but negligible positive relationships with academic performance. Visual and auditory preferences showed significant positive correlations with academic achievement, whereas tactile and kinesthetic preferences showed no significant relationships. The study concludes that study habits and learning preferences have limited associations with MAPEH performance, highlighting the need for improved study routines, diverse instructional strategies, and further investigation of other contributing factors. The research supports Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education) and indirectly contributes to SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being). Its potential sustainability impact lies in strengthening educational practices, supporting evidence-based instructional improvement, and promoting long-term educational and institutional development.

This article analyzes the challenges and possibilities of incorporating socio-emotional competencies into teacher education, aiming to contribute to the development of an integrative and humanizing pedagogy. Based on a qualitative bibliographic review, recent studies (2020–2025) were examined, highlighting the impact of socio-emotional competencies on teacher well-being, student engagement, and the quality of pedagogical relationships. The findings indicate that, although theoretical and practical advances have been made, significant gaps remain in initial and continuing education curricula, which are still largely centered on technical and content-based models. The article argues for the urgent need for public policies, curricular guidelines, and formative practices that foster teachers' emotional development, recognizing its essential role in creating healthy school environments and promoting meaningful learning. It concludes that educating emotionally competent teachers is crucial for a more sensitive, ethical, and effective education.

این مقاله چالش‌ها و امکانات ادغام شایستگی‌های اجتماعی-هیجانی در آموزش معلمان را تحلیل می‌کند و هدف آن کمک به توسعه یک پداگوژی یکپارچه و انسان‌دوستانه است. بر اساس یک مرور کتابشناختی کیفی، مطالعات اخیر (۲۰۲۰–۲۰۲۵) مورد بررسی قرار گرفتند که بر تأثیر شایستگی‌های اجتماعی-هیجانی بر بهزیستی معلمان، مشارکت دانش‌آموزان و کیفیت روابط پداگوژیک تأکید دارند. یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهند که اگرچه پیشرفت‌های نظری و عملی حاصل شده است، شکاف‌های قابل‌توجهی در برنامه‌های درسی آموزش اولیه و مستمر باقی مانده است که همچنان عمدتاً بر مدل‌های فنی و محتوامحور متمرکز هستند. این مقاله بر ضرورت فوری سیاست‌های عمومی، راهنماهای برنامه درسی و عملکردهای تربیتی که توسعه هیجانی معلمان را تقویت می‌کنند، تأکید می‌ورزد و نقش اساسی آن‌ها را در ایجاد محیط‌های مدرسه سالم و ترویج یادگیری معنادار به رسمیت می‌شناسد. این مقاله نتیجه می‌گیرد که تربیت معلمان دارای شایستگی هیجانی برای آموزشی حساس‌تر، اخلاقی‌تر و کارآمدتر حیاتی است.

Background: Job instability within teachers in Nepal's private schools is a persistent matter, however its combined impacts on teaching performance and organizational trust remain under investigated. In this research, "permanent" denotes benefit-eligible status (teachers who get a provident fund, social security fund, insurance allowance, and government-standard paid leave after a certain qualifying period) whereas "temporary or contract-based" denotes teachers are deprived of one or more of these advantages. Objectives: This research investigates (i) the impact of job stability type on teaching performance and workplace effectiveness, (ii) the relationship between organizational job-security assist and organizational trust, and (iii) the joint predictive effect of both independent variables, along with quality of communication and collaboration tested as a possible moderator. Methods: A quantitative comparative-correlational approach was applied. Data were gathered from 219 teachers in private schools of Kathmandu Valley via a structured questionnaire utilizing a 5-point Likert scale. Item-level descriptives applied median and IQR; construct-level composites were examined applying independent-samples *t*-test, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression in SPSS. Job status was defined by availability of organizational benefits: permanent (benefit-eligible) teachers get provident fund, social security fund contributions, insurance allowance, and government-standard paid leave after a qualifying period, whereas contract-based teachers are deprived of. Results: Permanent teachers reported substantially higher teaching performance (M difference = 0.254, *p* = .036) and organizational trust (M difference = 0.269, *p* = .027) than temporary teachers. Multiple regression displayed that perceived employment stability (β = .560, *p* < .001) and institutional job-security support (β = .352, *p* < .001) combinely predicted teaching performance, R² = .793, F(2, 216) = 414.87, *p* < .001. For organizational trust, both predictors were additionally significant (β = .443 and .510, both *p* < .001), R² = .863, F(2, 216) = 677.95, *p* < .001. Moderation by communication quality was not assisted (all four interactions non-significant; *p* > .05). EFA extracted two factors justifying 73.75% of variance; Harman's test exhibited 54.64% on the first factor, just above the 50% threshold. Conclusion: Both perceived employment stability and institutional job-security assist independently and collectively predict teaching performance and organizational trust. Permanent employment is connected with higher results. Moderation by communication quality was not assisted. Novelty: This is within the first research to integrate employment stability type and institutional job-security assist in collectively predicting both teaching performance and organizational trust in Nepal's private school field, applying ordinal-appropriate item-level descriptives and composite-level parametric analysis.

Vocabulary (mufrodat) mastery underpins speaking skills (maharah kalam), yet elementary Islamic school students may struggle to use vocabulary in speech and retain memorized words after instruction. This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of El-Syarif-based vocabulary instruction in improving speaking skills and memorization retention among students at MI Najahiyah Palembang. A quantitative approach was employed using a quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. The sample comprised 35 fifth-grade students selected through total sampling. Data were collected through oral speaking tests, an immediate memorization test, and a delayed memorization test. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, a paired-samples t-test, the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, and N-Gain. The results showed that the mean speaking score increased from 57.37 to 81.63, with an N-Gain of 0.58, categorized as moderate, and a statistically significant difference (p < 0.001). The mean memorization score decreased from 83.37 to 79.31, while retention reached 95.1%. These findings indicate that El-Syarif-based instruction can improve students’ speaking skills and help maintain most memorized vocabulary. However, the decline in delayed-test scores indicates that some vocabulary was still forgotten over time. ABSTRAK Penguasaan mufrodat menjadi dasar keterampilan berbicara (maharah kalam), tetapi siswa madrasah ibtidaiyah masih menghadapi kesulitan menggunakan kosakata dalam ujaran dan mempertahankan hafalan setelah pembelajaran. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis efektivitas pembelajaran mufrodat berbasis metode El-Syarif dalam meningkatkan maharah kalam dan retensi hafalan siswa di MI Najahiyah Palembang. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode eksperimen semu (quasi-experimental) berdesain one-group pretest-posttest. Sampel terdiri atas 35 siswa kelas V yang dipilih melalui teknik total sampling. Data dikumpulkan melalui tes lisan, tes hafalan segera, dan tes hafalan tunda, kemudian dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif, uji paired-samples t-test, uji Wilcoxon Signed Rank, dan N-Gain. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa rata-rata maharah kalam meningkat dari 57,37 menjadi 81,63, dengan N-Gain 0,58 dalam kategori sedang dan perbedaan signifikan (p < 0,001). Rata-rata hafalan menurun dari 83,37 menjadi 79,31, tetapi retensi mencapai 95,1%. Disimpulkan bahwa metode El-Syarif berpotensi meningkatkan keterampilan berbicara sekaligus mempertahankan sebagian besar hafalan siswa, meskipun penurunan hafalan tetap terjadi.

Professional speech culture is an essential component of teacher preparation, yet university courses in this area often emphasize normative linguistic knowledge without sufficiently integrating its application to authentic pedagogical communication. This study aimed to preliminarily adapt and evaluate the Teacher's Speech Culture course for pre-service Kazakh language teachers by strengthening the integration of normative-linguistic, communicative-pragmatic, discursive, and interactive components of professional speech competence. A single-group pre-test–post-test design was used. Initially, 180 students were recruited from two higher education institutions in southern Kazakhstan; 156 completed all stages and were included in the final analysis. The adapted course combined theoretical instruction with professionally oriented communicative situations, independent construction of professional utterances, interactive tasks, and reflective analysis of speech behaviour. Professional speech competence was assessed before and after the course using diagnostic and performance-based measures. The assessment demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.86). Data were examined using pre-test -post-test comparisons and path analysis. Overall professional speech competence increased from M = 7.84 (SD = 1.62) to M = 9.72 (SD = 1.48), t (155) = 11.46, p < 0.001, Cohen's d = 0.92. Significant improvements were also observed across the normative-linguistic, communicative-pragmatic, discursive, and interactive components. Path analysis indicated that the ability to analyse professional communicative situations had the strongest direct association with professional speech competence. Professional speech competence was also positively associated with speech self-control and flexibility of professional speech behaviour. The findings provide preliminary empirical support for a practice-oriented adaptation of the Teacher's Speech Culture course that connects knowledge of language norms with contextual analysis, independent speech production, and regulation of professional communication. Given the absence of a separate control group, the observed changes should be interpreted as pre-test–post-test differences associated with course participation rather than evidence of a causal intervention effect. Further controlled studies involving broader samples are required to evaluate the effectiveness and generalizability of the adapted course.

This article reflects upon the possibilities of remote teaching in the context of Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT), a response to the suspension of in-person activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Against this backdrop, the article examines resources, strategies, and pedagogical possibilities mediated by digital technologies experimented with by higher education institutions (HEIs) to ensure the continuity of academic activities. The reorganization of educational practices has driven the incorporation and reappraisal of digital technologies and environments, expanding possibilities for interaction, communication, access, and student monitoring. In this context, remote teaching highlighted not only the availability of technology but also the need to articulate it with methodological approaches consistent with educational objectives and students’ concrete conditions. It is concluded that emergency remote teaching has enhanced possibilities already present in the educational landscape while simultaneously revealing challenges regarding interaction, pedagogical mediation, and the participation of those involved in the educational process.

Objective: to report the experience of remote teaching in an academic master’s degree course during the covid-19 pandemic. Methods: this is a descriptive study, experience report type, experienced from October to December 2020 in a mandatory subject of the Postgraduate Program in Nursing of a Public University in the state of Pará. Results: The educational activities took place synchronously and asynchronous, from virtual classes and texts for reading, all of that was possible by the use of educational technological strategies in the experienced pandemic scenario. Remote teaching required students and teachers to adapt to the new classroom routine in their homes, adapting the study environment and appropriate equipment for this context. Even with the challenges faced, the establishment of the remote learning process added skills among those involved, improvement of tools and digital transformation of the conventional classroom. Conclusion: remote teaching was efficient and provided opportunities for pedagogical mediations, promoting collaborative learning among students. It also revealed the need for training for those involved in the process.

General Background Pesantren-based madrasas integrate national curricula with Islamic traditions to build academic and religious competencies simultaneously. Specific Background The increasing enrollment of daily commuting learners creates institutional challenges regarding their limited exposure to intensive religious environments compared to dormitory residents. Knowledge Gap Existing literature primarily compares academic outcomes without comprehensively analyzing the pedagogical administration tailored specifically for commuting learners in their natural setting. Aims This research describes the planning, implementation, and evaluation of religious pedagogy specifically for commuting learners at MTs Unggulan Al-Qodiri 1 Jember. Results Planning involves specialized supplementary programs in Qur'an reading, Fiqh, and Basic English structured around formal schedules. Implementation integrates national and boarding curricula through dual supervision systems involving parents and teachers, alongside strict worship habituation. Evaluation applies authentic multi-aspect assessments focusing on practical mastery and attitude development, though challenges persist in adapting teaching methods and maintaining discipline at home. Novelty The study provides a multidimensional framework focusing exclusively on commuting learners as a single unit within a specialized dual-system ecosystem. Implications Successful character building necessitates robust structural synergy among schools, families, and targeted pedagogical differentiation to bridge the environmental divide. Highlights Dual supervision systems synergize teacher monitoring and parental oversight to maintain religious habituation outside dormitories. Authentic assessments evaluate practical worship competencies alongside cognitive mastery through customized pedagogical targets. Curricular differentiation strategies address environmental exposure limitations by integrating specialized supplementary subjects without disrupting formal academic schedules. Keywords Curriculum Integration; Authentic Assessment; Differentiated Instruction; Dual Supervision; Character Development

This article investigates the role of project-based learning in the process of teaching visual arts, particularly from the perspective of developing students’ creative, research, and collaborative competencies. The object of the study is the process of teaching visual arts in a general education school, while the subject of the research is the pedagogical potential of applying project-based learning within this process. The aim of the article is to substantiate that project-based learning can transform visual arts lessons into an active research-oriented and creative process, in which the learner not only acquires artistic knowledge, but also independently explores cultural, social, and aesthetic issues. The results of the experimental work conducted within the framework of the study indicate that project-based activities contribute to the analysis of information, the visual interpretation of ideas, group interaction, and the development of creative solutions. It is concluded that project-based learning enhances the effectiveness of visual arts education by fostering proactive, responsible, and independently thinking learners who are able to respond to cultural issues through art.

The article discusses the specifics of social-pedagogical work with students majoring in “Social Pedagogy,” focusing on interacting with learners who require special educational conditions due to visual impairments. It presents the educational and social needs of the learners, the pivotal role of the social pedagogue, and the blended teaching methodology developed for this topic. Special attention is paid to the interconnected organization of lectures and practical sessions, the execution of case studies, and the core role of establishing trust and mutual understanding with the learner—all of which foster students’ professional competencies and inclusive mindset. The objective of the article is to present the methodical implementation experience of teaching the topic “Specifics of working with learners with special educational needs conditioned by visual impairments,” highlighting the complementary role of lectures and practical seminars in the professional development of future social pedagogues. During the lectures and practical seminars, a comprehensive range of methods and tools are utilized: slide presentations, lecture-discussions, Q&A sessions, “one-minute reflection,” brainstorming, video screenings, graphic charts, case studies, individual and group work, role-plays, educational games, discussions, and the “invisible trust” method. The application of these methods stimulates students' active engagement, enhances initiative, fosters positive interpersonal relationships, and develops essential social skills. Main Conclusion. The methodical framework proposed in this article can serve as a practical guide for higher education instructors. Such in-depth preparation for working with learners with visual impairments ensures that future educators enter the school system not as passive observers of the inclusion process, but as active, competent creators of a high-quality, accessible, and safe learning environment.

Introduction Research on the practicum has focused on student teachers, mentors and partnerships between universities and schools, while the pupils in whose classrooms student teachers are placed have rarely been asked about this experience. This study examined how pupils in Ecuadorian host schools perceive the presence, support and influence of student teachers, and to what extent these perceptions can be trusted as evidence. Methods Two age-differentiated questionnaires, with pictographic scales from early childhood education to third grade and verbal scales from fourth grade onward, were administered through a mobile application by the student teachers or by members of the research team hired for data collection (project staff). The dataset comprised 2,453 valid evaluations from 1,140 pupils in 123 classrooms of 38 schools. Analyses included descriptive statistics for the first evaluation of each pupil, agreement between consecutive weekly evaluations, generalized estimating equations that accounted for the nesting of evaluations within pupils, classrooms and schools, a within-pupil comparison of evaluations collected by student teachers and by project staff, and latent class analysis. Results Between 91.5% and 98.5% of pupils gave favorable ratings on seven of eight items, while 69.6% of older pupils always felt comfortable asking student teachers for help. Ratings collected by project staff were lower than those collected by student teachers, especially for comfort in asking for help and perceived influence on learning. Responses of the youngest pupils concentrated in the highest category and did not discriminate reliably between individual pupils, whereas older pupils showed fair to moderate stability on most items and formed highly enthusiastic and moderately favorable profiles. Discussion Pupils perceive student teachers favorably, although part of this favorability reflects social desirability and the developmental limits of young respondents. Pupil voice can inform practicum evaluation when questionnaires are administered by someone other than the student teacher being evaluated and are interpreted according to the age of the pupils.

Students differ in whether they learn for the sheer joy of learning or primarily to avoid failure. The difference can be partly explained by intrinsic motivation—a driver of engagement, persistence, and psychological well-being that is not fixed but shaped by the learning environment itself. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory (SDT), this review synthesizes research on educational interventions designed to cultivate students' intrinsic motivation, spanning five categories: need-supportive teaching, competence-supportive practices such as structure and feedback, instructional-method redesigns such as problem- and project-based learning, technology-based approaches such as gamification, and teacher-focused interventions targeting teachers' own behavior and motivation. Across these approaches, one pattern stands out: need-supportive interventions—particularly autonomy support combined with structure—carry the strongest theoretical and empirical support, while other interventions succeed only insofar as they satisfy students' psychological needs within a given context. Autonomy, competence, and relatedness thus provide a common framework for understanding how diverse educational practices influence motivational outcomes. Yet the evidence base remains fragmented: inconsistent conceptualizations of intrinsic motivation, considerable heterogeneity across intervention designs, and a scarcity of long-term data limit what can be concluded with confidence.

The article aimed to explore learning styles, approaches and differentiated learning strategies in English language teaching process. We include the introduction of new foreign language learning approaches, strategies and styles from other sources, as well as disseminating and gathering strategy ideas from the learner´s peers. Different students are likely to approach the task of learning language in different ways. Some learners may instinctively fell that there is a benefit to studying the rules and patterns of a language, while others may be less inclined to formal study and prefer learning in more experiential manner, where they use the language to achieve tasks and goals. The extent of students’ achievement may be influenced by some factors, which one of them is learning style and approach. The experience and studies show that most of the students prefer ‘reflective’, ‘sensing’, ‘visual’, and ‘sequential’ learning styles, individualised (or personalised), self-directed learning, autonomy approach in English language learning. With an appropriate range of resources, materials and pedagogic support, where students would set their own language learning purposes and would be supported to reach these goals in ways which are effective, which are of real interest to them and which can co-exist with each student´s lifestyle, not just their learning style.

Gifted and talented students need well-trained teachers who will challenge and support them in developing their abilities. However, teachers receive no formal professional learning or development focused on teaching academically advanced students, especially those with disabilities. Consequently, gifted and talented students with disabilities are often not given sufficient opportunity to thrive in the classroom. The study assessed the teaching of gifted and talented learners with disabilities. The respondents were 30 parents of Manggahan Elementary School. The researcher utilized a descriptive correlational design. Statistical treatments used were utilized frequency and percentage, weighted mean, t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient. The findings revealed that parent-respondents were mostly in the 50–54 age bracket, predominantly female, and largely composed of parents rather than grandparents or guardians. The results showed that parent-respondents generally viewed the teaching of gifted learners with disabilities positively. The highest rating was given to teachers providing opportunities for enrichment activities, showing that parents particularly noticed efforts that extend the learners’ abilities and interests. The findings also revealed that parent-respondents also assessed the teaching of talented learners with disabilities positively. The highest-rated indicator was teachers’ creativity in addressing both giftedness and disability, which suggests that parents value innovative and flexible teaching approaches. There is a significant difference in the assessment of the parent-respondents on the teaching of gifted and talented learners with disabilities when grouped according to age, sex, and role in the family. Furthermore, there is no significant relationship in the teaching of gifted and talented learners with disabilities based on the computed correlation coefficient and significance value.

Justification: Reading comprehension difficulties among basic education students have driven the search for pedagogical strategies such as gamification; however, their effectiveness depends on the specific characteristics of the context in which they are implemented. Objective: Therefore, the aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature published between 2020 and 2025 on gamification strategies used to strengthen reading comprehension among basic education students in Ecuador and to analyze the reported results regarding their effectiveness. Methodology: The study was conducted following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. The search was carried out in the Scopus, SciELO, Redalyc, DOAJ, and Latindex databases. A total of 34 records were retrieved, of which 12 studies were selected for analysis. Results: Findings indicate that gamification strategies were mainly developed through digital resources and structured instructional sequences integrating challenges, feedback, rewards, points, levels, badges, narratives, progression systems, and collaborative activities. Regarding effectiveness, the studies reported improvements in literal, inferential, and critical reading comprehension, with greater progress in inferential and critical processes. In addition, increases were found in motivation, participation, engagement, and interest in reading. Conclusion: The findings support the favorable effects of gamification in strengthening reading comprehension among basic education students in Ecuador.

This study aimed to determine the challenges encountered by Junior High School teachers of Domalandan Center Integrated School in teaching literature during School Year 2025–2026. It examined the respondents’ profile in terms of highest educational attainment, length of service, seminars attended, and subject taught; the level of challenges in learner-related, teacher-related, resource/material, and institutional/time factors; the relationship between profile and challenges; and proposed intervention measures. Anchored on Constructivism, Social Learning Theory, Cognitive Load Theory, and Schema Theory, and guided by Republic Act 10533 and relevant DepEd policies, the study employed a descriptive-survey design. Fifty Junior High School teachers from various learning areas served as respondents. Data were gathered through a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed using frequency count, percentage, weighted mean, and Pearson correlation. Findings showed that most respondents were Bachelor’s degree holders with 6–10 years of teaching experience and moderate seminar participation. Teachers generally Encountered difficulties in teaching literature (overall mean 4.19). Learner-related (4.35) and resource/material (4.25) challenges were Highly Encountered, while teacher-related (4.10) and institutional/time (4.05) challenges were Encountered. Significant relationships were found between length of service and challenges (r = 0.62, p = 0.048) and between seminars attended and challenges (r = 0.71, p = 0.021). The study concludes that teaching experience and professional development influence the perception of instructional difficulties. It recommends targeted training, resource enhancement, learner-centered strategies, and sustained institutional support. The study aligns with Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education) by addressing barriers to effective literature instruction. It contributes to educational and institutional sustainability through improved teacher capacity, learner engagement, and resource provision that support long-term quality teaching and learning.

این پژوهش با هدف تعیین چالش‌های پیش‌روی دبیران دوره متوسطه اول مدرسه جامع Domalandan Center در تدریس ادبیات در سال تحصیلی ۲۰۲۵–۲۰۲۶ انجام شد. در این مطالعه، مشخصات پاسخ‌دهندگان از نظر بالاترین مدرک تحصیلی، سابقه خدمت، تعداد سمینارهای گذرانده‌شده و درس تدریسی بررسی شد؛ همچنین سطح چالش‌ها در عوامل مرتبط با یادگیرنده، معلم، منابع/مواد و عوامل نهادی/زمانی، رابطه بین مشخصات و چالش‌ها و اقدامات مداخله‌ای پیشنهادی مورد ارزیابی قرار گرفت. این پژوهش مبتنی بر نظریه‌های سازنده‌گرایی، یادگیری اجتماعی، بار شناختی و طرح‌واره و با راهنمایی قانون جمهوری ۱۰۵۳۳ و سیاست‌های مرتبط DepEd، از طرح پژوهش توصیفی-پیمایشی بهره برد. پنجاه دبیر دوره متوسطه اول از حوزه‌های مختلف یادگیری به عنوان پاسخ‌دهنده شرکت کردند. داده‌ها از طریق پرسشنامه محقق‌ساخته گردآوری و با استفاده از فراوانی، درصد، میانگین وزنی و همبستگی پیرسون تحلیل شد. یافته‌ها نشان داد که اکثر پاسخ‌دهندگان دارای مدرک کارشناسی با ۶ تا ۱۰ سال سابقه تدریس و مشارکت متوسط در سمینارها بودند. به طور کلی، دبیران در تدریس ادبیات با دشواری‌هایی مواجه بودند (میانگین کلی ۴.۱۹). چالش‌های مرتبط با یادگیرنده (۴.۳۵) و منابع/مواد (۴.۲۵) به میزان زیادی تجربه شد، در حالی که چالش‌های مرتبط با معلم (۴.۱۰) و نهادی/زمانی (۴.۰۵) تجربه شد. بین سابقه خدمت و چالش‌ها (r = 0.62, p = 0.048) و بین تعداد سمینارهای گذرانده‌شده و چالش‌ها (r = 0.71, p = 0.021) رابطه معناداری مشاهده شد. پژوهش نتیجه می‌گیرد که تجربه تدریس و توسعه حرفه‌ای بر ادراک دشواری‌های آموزشی تأثیرگذار است. پیشنهاد می‌شود آموزش‌های هدفمند، ارتقای منابع، راهبردهای یادگیرنده‌محور و حمایت نهادی پایدار تقویت شود. این مطالعه با هدف توسعه پایدار ۴ (آموزش با کیفیت) همسو بوده و با رفع موانع تدریس مؤثر ادبیات، به پایداری آموزشی و نهادی از طریق ارتقای توانمندی دبیران، افزایش مشارکت یادگیرندگان و تأمین منابع برای حمایت از آموزش و یادگیری با کیفیت در بلندمدت کمک می‌کند.

This research examines how deep learning is implemented in Social Studies (IPS) classes at SMP Negeri 28 Pontianak through a qualitative descriptive design. Data on classroom processes, student activities, and the experiences of teachers and students were gathered via observations and interviews. Analysis followed three stages: data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results reveal that the approach is reflected in group discussions, analysis of social problems, student presentations, utilization of the surrounding environment, and digital media. Such activities motivate students to take an active role, relate IPS topics to everyday life, and deepen their understanding of social phenomena. The study concludes that deep learning can support IPS classes that are more active, meaningful, and contextual.

این پژوهش به بررسی نحوه اجرای یادگیری عمیق در کلاس‌های مطالعات اجتماعی (IPS) در مدرسه SMP Negeri 28 Pontianak با استفاده از طرح توصیفی کیفی می‌پردازد. داده‌های مربوط به فرایندهای کلاسی، فعالیت‌های دانش‌آموزان و تجربیات معلمان و دانش‌آموزان از طریق مشاهده و مصاحبه جمع‌آوری شده‌اند. تحلیل داده‌ها در سه مرحله کاهش داده‌ها، ارائه داده‌ها و نتیجه‌گیری انجام شده است. نتایج نشان می‌دهد که این رویکرد در قالب بحث‌های گروهی، تحلیل مسائل اجتماعی، ارائه‌های دانش‌آموزی، استفاده از محیط پیرامون و رسانه‌های دیجیتال منعکس می‌شود. چنین فعالیت‌هایی دانش‌آموزان را به مشارکت فعال، ارتباط موضوعات IPS با زندگی روزمره و تعمیق درک آن‌ها از پدیده‌های اجتماعی ترغیب می‌کند. این مطالعه نتیجه می‌گیرد که یادگیری عمیق می‌تواند از کلاس‌های IPS فعال‌تر، معنادارتر و زمینه‌مندتر حمایت کند.

This study determined the relationship between self-efficacy and job satisfaction among secondary public-school teachers in the Dupax del Sur District. Using a quantitative-descriptive design, data were collected from 80 teachers from Ganao, Carolotan, and Dupax del Sur National High Schools through an adopted standardized questionnaire. Findings revealed that teachers possessed a high level of self-efficacy in student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management. They have high job satisfaction in compensation and benefits, leadership, social relationship, and work environment. Significant relationships found between teachers' self-efficacy in student engagement with compensation and benefits, social relationship, and leadership; and self-efficacy in classroom management with compensation and benefits. This indicates that teachers exhibited high self-efficacy and job satisfaction, driven by supportive leadership and a positive work environment. To sustain and further improve these positive outcomes, the implementation of the proposed action plan is strongly recommended. The action plan is designed to systematically enhance teachers’ self-efficacy and job satisfaction through targeted professional development initiatives, strengthened leadership support mechanisms, and structured recognition and reward programs. Effective implementation of this action plan will provide schools with a practical framework for fostering a supportive organizational climate, promoting continuous teacher growth, and ultimately improving teaching quality and educational outcomes.

این پژوهش به تعیین رابطه بین خودکارآمدی و رضایت شغلی معلمان مدارس دولتی مقطع متوسطه در ناحیه دپاکس دل سور پرداخت. با استفاده از طرح توصیفی-کمی، داده‌ها از طریق یک پرسشنامه استاندارد برگرفته‌شده از ۸۰ معلم از دبیرستان‌های ملی گائائو، کارولوتان و دپاکس دل سور جمع‌آوری شد. یافته‌ها نشان داد که معلمان دارای سطح بالایی از خودکارآمدی در درگیری دانش‌آموزان، راهبردهای آموزشی و مدیریت کلاس هستند. آن‌ها نیز از رضایت شغلی بالایی در زمینه‌های جبران خدمات و مزایا، رهبری، روابط اجتماعی و محیط کار برخوردارند. روابط معناداری میان خودکارآمدی معلمان در درگیری دانش‌آموزان با جبران خدمات و مزایا، روابط اجتماعی و رهبری؛ و همچنین میان خودکارآمدی در مدیریت کلاس با جبران خدمات و مزایا مشاهده شد. این موضوع نشان می‌دهد که معلمان دارای خودکارآمدی و رضایت شغلی بالایی هستند که تحت تأثیر رهبری حمایت‌گر و محیط کاری مثبت شکل گرفته است. برای تداوم و بهبود بیشتر این پیامدهای مثبت، اجرای برنامه عملیاتی پیشنهادی به شدت توصیه می‌شود. این برنامه عملیاتی با هدف ارتقای سیستماتیک خودکارآمدی و رضایت شغلی معلمان از طریق راهبردهای توسعه حرفه‌ای هدفمند، تقویت مکانیسم‌های حمایت رهبری و برنامه‌های ساختاریافته تقدیر و پاداش طراحی شده است. اجرای مؤثر این برنامه عملیاتی چارچوبی کاربردی برای مدارس جهت پرورش اقلیم سازمانی حمایت‌گر، ترویج رشد مستمر معلمان و در نهایت بهبود کیفیت تدریس و پیامدهای آموزشی فراهم خواهد کرد.

This community service activity aimed to support English teachers' professional development through technology-based reflective practice. Conducted in 2025 at Taman Mulia Private High School, Kubu Raya Regency, Indonesia, the activity involved 30 English teachers from junior high, senior high, and vocational high schools. The program addressed the need for accessible professional development opportunities that accommodate teachers' teaching responsibilities and other school-related duties. The workshop was facilitated by lecturers in English Language Education and comprised presentations, focused discussions, and hands-on practice. Participants explored the concept and importance of reflective practice and learned to use digital tools to record, analyze, and evaluate their teaching and learning activities. Practical sessions provided opportunities to integrate technology into reflective processes and consider its application in their school contexts. The activity was evaluated using attendance records, observation checklists, observational notes, and a post-event questionnaire. Success criteria included a minimum attendance rate of 80%, at least 80% positive responses regarding the suitability and usefulness of the materials and overall training, and evidence of active participation and engagement. Evaluation results indicated that the workshop was successfully implemented, with active interaction and positive participant perceptions of the training's relevance and usefulness. Future community service activities should include regular training, intensive mentoring, coaching clinics, and professional sharing sessions to support the sustained implementation of technology-based reflective practice. This initiative highlights the potential of digital technology to facilitate practical and continuous professional development for English teachers.

این فعالیت خدمت‌رسانی به جامعه، با هدف حمایت از توسعه حرفه‌ای معلمان زبان انگلیسی از طریق تمرین بازاندیشی مبتنی بر فناوری انجام شد. این فعالیت در سال ۲۰۲۵ در دبیرستان خصوصی تامان مولیا، شهرستان کوبو رایا، اندونزی، با مشارکت ۳۰ معلم زبان انگلیسی از مدارس راهنمایی، دبیرستان و فنی‌وحرفه‌ای برگزار گردید. این برنامه به نیاز به فرصت‌های توسعه حرفه‌ای دست‌یافتنی که با مسئولیت‌های تدریس معلمان و سایر وظایف مرتبط با مدرسه سازگار باشد، پرداخت. کارگاه توسط اساتید گروه آموزش زبان انگلیسی تسهیل‌گری شد و شامل ارائه‌ها، بحث‌های متمرکز و تمرین‌های عملی بود. شرکت‌کنندگان مفهوم و اهمیت تمرین بازاندیشی را بررسی کردند و نحوه استفاده از ابزارهای دیجیتال برای ثبت، تحلیل و ارزیابی فعالیت‌های تدریس و یادگیری خود را آموختند. جلسات عملی فرصت‌هایی را برای تلفیق فناوری در فرآیندهای بازاندیشی و بررسی کاربرد آن در بافت مدارس آنان فراهم آورد. فعالیت از طریق سوابق حضور، چک‌لیست‌های مشاهده، یادداشت‌های مشاهده‌ای و پرسشنامه پس از رویداد ارزیابی شد. معیارهای موفقیت شامل حداقل نرخ حضور ۸۰ درصد، حداقل ۸۰ درصد پاسخ‌های مثبت درباره تناسب و مفید بودن مواد و کلیت دوره آموزشی، و شواهدی از مشارکت و تعامل فعال بود. نتایج ارزیابی نشان داد که کارگاه با موفقیت اجرا شد و تعامل فعال و ادراک مثبت شرکت‌کنندگان از ارتباط و مفید بودن دوره آموزشی مشهود بود. فعالیت‌های آتی خدمت‌رسانی به جامعه باید شامل آموزش‌های منظم، راهنمایی‌های فشرده، کلینیک‌های مربی‌گری و جلسات اشتراک‌گذاری حرفه‌ای باشد تا اجرای پایدار تمرین بازاندیشی مبتنی بر فناوری حمایت شود. این ابتکار، پتانسیل فناوری دیجیتال را تسهیل‌گر توسعه حرفه‌ای عملی و مستمر برای معلمان زبان انگلیسی برجسته می‌سازد.

Background. Indonesian language instruction at the high school (SMA), vocational high school (SMK), and Islamic high school (MAN) levels still tends to be focused on mastering course content, resulting in students' in-depth understanding not yet being optimal. Aims. This study aims to describe the implementation of the deep learning approach in Indonesian language instruction at high schools, vocational high schools, and Islamic high schools in Cirebon City, examining aspects of planning, implementation, language use, instructional structure, as well as challenges and their solutions. Methods. The study employed a qualitative approach using descriptive methods; data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation, then analyzed using the Miles and Huberman interactive model. Result. The results indicate that all three schools have applied the principles of meaningful learning, mindful learning, and joyful learning to varying degrees, with one school demonstrating the most optimal implementation due to consistency across all aspects of instruction. Challenges still faced include time constraints, variations in student abilities, and less-than-ideal classroom conditions, which teachers address through adaptive strategies such as the use of engaging learning media and adjustments to teaching methods. Conclusion. This study concludes that the successful implementation of deep learning depends not only on the planning and execution of instruction but also on strengthening teacher competencies and support from the learning environment.

This study aims to describe the reasons teachers choose audio-visual media and its use in teaching music appreciation in class IX.2 at SMP Negeri 7 Padang. The study uses a qualitative research method with a descriptive approach. The research object is the use of audio-visual media in music appreciation lessons. Data was obtained through observation, interviews, and documentation. The research informants consisted of the Music Arts teacher and two students from class IX.2 at SMP Negeri 7 Padang. Data was analysed through the stages of data reduction, data presentation, data classification, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that teachers choose audio-visual media because it can combine sound and visuals, helping convey music appreciation material more concretely. The use of audio-visual media is carried out in three stages, namely planning, implementation, and evaluation. In the planning stage, the teacher prepares a PPT, music performance videos, a laptop, an LCD projector, and speakers. During the implementation stage, the teacher uses the PPT to deliver the material and the music performance videos for appreciation, then the students observe, discuss, and work on worksheets. In the evaluation stage, the teacher reviews the use of media and devices used during the learning process. Thus, the use of audio-visual media in music appreciation lessons in class IX.2 at SMP Negeri 7 Padang has been carried out in a planned manner using various integrated media and learning devices.

هدف این پژوهش توصیف دلایل انتخاب رسانه‌های صوتی‌تصویری توسط معلمان و نحوه استفاده از آن در آموزش درس قدردانی موسیقی در کلاس IX.2 مدرسه متوسطه دولتی شماره ۷ پادانگ است. این پژوهش با روش کیفی و رویکرد توصیفی انجام شده است. موضوع پژوهش، استفاده از رسانه‌های صوتی‌تصویری در درس قدردانی موسیقی است. داده‌ها از طریق مشاهده، مصاحبه و مستندسازی گردآوری شده‌اند. مشارکت‌کنندگان پژوهش شامل معلم هنرهای موسیقی و دو نفر از دانش‌آموزان کلاس IX.2 مدرسه متوسطه دولتی شماره ۷ پادانگ بودند. داده‌ها از طریق مراحل کاهش داده، ارائه داده، طبقه‌بندی داده و نتیجه‌گیری تحلیل شدند. نتایج نشان داد که معلمان رسانه‌های صوتی‌تصویری را انتخاب می‌کنند زیرا این رسانه‌ها می‌توانند صدا و تصویر را ترکیب کرده و به انتقال ملموس‌تر مطالب قدردانی موسیقی کمک کنند. استفاده از رسانه‌های صوتی‌تصویری در سه مرحله برنامه‌ریزی، اجرا و ارزیابی انجام می‌شود. در مرحله برنامه‌ریزی، معلم فایل پاورپوینت، ویدئوهای اجرای موسیقی، لپ‌تاپ، ویدئو پروژکتور و بلندگو را آماده می‌کند. در مرحله اجرا، معلم برای ارائه مطالب از پاورپوینت و برای قدردانی از ویدئوهای اجرای موسیقی استفاده می‌کند و سپس دانش‌آموزان به مشاهده، بحث و انجام برگه‌های کاری می‌پردازند. در مرحله ارزیابی، معلم استفاده از رسانه و ابزارهای به‌کاررفته در فرایند یادگیری را مرور می‌کند. بنابراین، استفاده از رسانه‌های صوتی‌تصویری در درس قدردانی موسیقی کلاس IX.2 مدرسه متوسطه دولتی شماره ۷ پادانگ به‌صورت برنامه‌ریزی‌شده و با بهره‌گیری از رسانه‌ها و ابزارهای یادگیری متنوع و یکپارچه انجام شده است.

This study aims to describe and analyze the implementation of the Merdeka Curriculum in Dance Art learning for class IX.1 at SMP Islam Terpadu Budi Mulia Padang, focusing on the suitability of planning, implementation, and evaluation with the principles of the Merdeka Curriculum. A qualitative method with a phenomenological approach was used, with the Dance Art teacher of class IX.1 as the primary data source. Data were collected through observation, semi-structured interviews, teaching module document analysis, and documentation, then processed through data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The results show that: (1) lesson planning through the teaching module generally aligns with the principles of the Merdeka Curriculum, although the Creating element of the learning outcomes was not explicitly stated; (2) implementation followed a Project Based Learning (PjBL) model across three meetings, engaging students in observing, discussing, designing, and performing a group creative dance work, although the three-meeting time allocation was not yet sufficient for the ideal PjBL stages, and some male students showed limited confidence; and (3) evaluation was carried out through diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments, with 95% of students achieving mastery on the theoretical aspect but only 65% on the practical aspect. The findings indicate that the implementation of the Merdeka Curriculum in Dance Art learning has generally been consistent with its guiding principles, while time allocation and equitable student participation remain aspects that require further attention.

هدف این پژوهش توصیف و تحلیل اجرای برنامهٔ درسی مردکا در آموزش هنر رقص برای کلاس IX.1 در مدرسهٔ اسلامی تلفیقی بُدی مولیا پادانگ با تمرکز بر میزان انطباق برنامه‌ریزی، اجرا و ارزشیابی با اصول برنامهٔ درسی مردکا است. این پژوهش با روش کیفی و رویکرد پدیدارشناختی انجام شده است و معلم هنر رقص کلاس IX.1 به‌عنوان منبع اصلی داده‌ها انتخاب گردید. داده‌ها از طریق مشاهده، مصاحبه‌های نیمه‌ساختاریافته، تحلیل اسناد ماژول آموزشی و مستندسازی گردآوری و سپس از طریق گردآوری داده، کاهش داده، نمایش داده و نتیجه‌گیری پردازش شدند. نتایج نشان می‌دهد: (۱) برنامه‌ریزی درسی از طریق ماژول آموزشی به‌طور کلی با اصول برنامهٔ درسی مردکا هم‌راستا است، هرچند عنصر «خلق» در نتایج یادگیری به‌طور صریح بیان نشده بود؛ (۲) اجرا بر اساس مدل یادگیری مبتنی بر پروژه (PjBL) در سه جلسه انجام شد و دانش‌آموزان در مشاهده، بحث، طراحی و اجرای یک اثر رقص گروهی خلاقانه مشارکت داشتند، هرچند تخصیص زمان سه جلسه برای مراحل ایده‌آل PjBL کافی نبود و برخی دانش‌آموزان پسر اعتمادبه‌نفس محدودی نشان دادند؛ و (۳) ارزشیابی از طریق ارزیابی تشخیصی، تکوینی و پایانی انجام شد و ۹۵٪ دانش‌آموزان در بُعد نظری به تسلط رسیدند اما تنها ۶۵٪ در بُعد عملی موفق بودند. یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد که اجرای برنامهٔ درسی مردکا در آموزش هنر رقص به‌طور کلی با اصول راهنمای آن منطبق بوده است، در حالی که تخصیص زمان و مشارکت برابر دانش‌آموزان همچنان نیازمند توجه بیشتر است.

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فرصت‌های شغلی برای فعالیت به عنوان پژوهشگر علمی، مدرس، مدیر بازاریابی، نویسنده علمی، مسئول کنترل کیفیت یا مسئول تولید در صنایع غذایی، شیمیایی و داروسازی وجود دارد. همچنین امکان اشتغال به عنوان تحلیل‌گر (سرمایه‌گذار مخاطره‌پذیر) و متخصص محیط زیست/ایمنی فراهم است. شرکت‌های زیست‌فناوری به مدیران اجرایی با مدارک مدیریت یا کسب‌وکار نیاز دارند. فارغ‌التحصیل زیست‌فناوری می‌تواند در بخش دولتی مانند دانشگاه‌ها و پژوهشگاه‌ها یا در مراکز خصوصی به عنوان پژوهشگر یا دستیار پژوهشی مشغول به کار شود.

The implementation of discovery learning in physics education is an approach that encourages students to actively engage in discovering and understanding concepts. Research findings on its implementation vary according to the learning materials, educational levels, supporting media, and research designs employed. This study aims to analyze the implementation of discovery learning in physics education during the 2024–2026 period and identify research trends regarding students’ learning outcomes. This study employed a systematic literature review (SLR) by analyzing fifteen relevant scientific articles. The data were analyzed descriptively and thematically based on research characteristics, forms of discovery learning implementation, supporting media or strategies, and students’ learning outcomes. The results show that discovery learning has been implemented across various physics topics and can be combined with supporting learning media and strategies, such as PhET, LKPD, E-LKPD, kahoot, vee map, lumio by smart. Overall, the studies indicate an increase or effect on students’ physics learning outcomes following the implementation of discovery learning. Studies using experimental designs demonstrated differences or effects on learning outcomes, while studies using pretest–posttest designs and classroom action research showed improvements in learning outcomes following the implementation of the learning model. The variation in research findings indicates that the implementation of discovery learning needs to be adapted to the characteristics of the learning materials, students, supporting media or strategies, and instructional design.

اجرای یادگیری اکتشافی در آموزش فیزیک رویکردی است که دانش‌آموزان را به مشارکت فعال در کشف و درک مفاهیم ترغیب می‌کند. یافته‌های پژوهشی درباره اجرای این رویکرد بسته به محتوای آموزشی، سطوح تحصیلی، رسانه‌های پشتیبان و طرح‌های پژوهشی به‌کاررفته متفاوت است. هدف این مطالعه تحلیل اجرای یادگیری اکتشافی در آموزش فیزیک طی دوره ۲۰۲۴ تا ۲۰۲۶ و شناسایی روندهای پژوهشی مرتبط با پیامدهای یادگیری دانش‌آموزان است. این پژوهش با استفاده از مرور نظام‌مند ادبیات (SLR) و تحلیل پانزده مقاله علمی مرتبط انجام شده است. داده‌ها به‌صورت توصیفی و تماتیک بر اساس ویژگی‌های پژوهش، اشکال اجرای یادگیری اکتشافی، رسانه‌ها یا راهبردهای پشتیبان و پیامدهای یادگیری دانش‌آموزان تحلیل شدند. نتایج نشان می‌دهد که یادگیری اکتشافی در موضوعات مختلف فیزیک اجرا شده و می‌تواند با رسانه‌ها و راهبردهای یادگیری پشتیبان مانند PhET، LKPD، E-LKPD، kahoot، vee map و lumio by smart ترکیب شود. به‌طور کلی، مطالعات افزایش یا تأثیر بر پیامدهای یادگیری فیزیک دانش‌آموزان را پس از اجرای یادگیری اکتشافی نشان می‌دهند. مطالعات با طرح‌های آزمایشی تفاوت یا تأثیر بر پیامدهای یادگیری را نشان دادند، در حالی که مطالعات با طرح پیش‌آزمون–پس‌آزمون و پژوهش اقدام کلاسی بهبود پیامدهای یادگیری را پس از اجرای مدل یادگیری نشان دادند. تنوع یافته‌های پژوهشی نشان می‌دهد که اجرای یادگیری اکتشافی باید با ویژگی‌های محتوای آموزشی، دانش‌آموزان، رسانه‌ها یا راهبردهای پشتیبان و طراحی آموزشی سازگار شود.

This study assessed interns’ performance in school-based tasks as a basis for an internship preparedness program among student-teachers. It examined internship preparedness in terms of pedagogical knowledge, lesson planning, classroom management, professional behavior, and time, communication, and technological skills, as well as performance in teaching demonstrations, lesson preparation, classroom management, collaboration, and professional conduct. A descriptive-correlational research design was employed to determine the level of preparedness and performance of the respondents. Findings revealed that student-teachers demonstrated a very high level of internship preparedness, with all indicators interpreted as “Strongly Agree” and reflected in high weighted mean scores. Professional behavior obtained the highest rating, while classroom management obtained the lowest, although still interpreted as “Strongly Agree.” In terms of performance, collaboration and professional conduct obtained the highest mean scores, followed by teaching demonstration and lesson preparation, indicating strong teaching competencies among the respondents. Inferential results showed that all components of internship preparedness were significantly related to teaching performance, leading to the rejection of the null hypothesis. This confirms that higher levels of preparedness are associated with better teaching performance among student-teachers. Overall, the study concludes that student-teachers are highly prepared and competent for their teaching internship. The findings emphasize the need to further strengthen classroom management skills while sustaining training in pedagogical and technological competencies to enhance internship effectiveness.

این پژوهش عملکرد کارورزان را در وظایف مبتنی بر مدرسه به عنوان مبنایی برای برنامه آمادگی کارورزی در میان دانشجومعلمان ارزیابی کرد. آمادگی کارورزی از نظر دانش آموزشی، برنامه‌ریزی درسی، مدیریت کلاس، رفتار حرفه‌ای، و مهارت‌های زمانی، ارتباطی و فناورانه، همچنین عملکرد در ارائه‌های آموزشی، آماده‌سازی درس، مدیریت کلاس، همکاری و رفتار حرفه‌ای مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. از طرح پژوهش توصیفی-همبستگی برای تعیین سطح آمادگی و عملکرد پاسخ‌دهندگان استفاده شد. یافته‌ها نشان داد که دانشجومعلمان سطح بسیار بالایی از آمادگی کارورزی را نشان دادند، به طوری که همه شاخص‌ها به عنوان «کاملاً موافقم» تفسیر شدند و در میانگین وزنی بالا منعکس گردیدند. رفتار حرفه‌ای بالاترین امتیاز را کسب کرد، در حالی که مدیریت کلاس پایین‌ترین امتیاز را به دست آورد، اگرچه همچنان به عنوان «کاملاً موافقم» تفسیر شد. از نظر عملکرد، همکاری و رفتار حرفه‌ای بالاترین میانگین امتیاز را کسب کردند و پس از آن ارائه آموزشی و آماده‌سازی درس قرار گرفتند که نشان‌دهنده شایستگی قوی آموزشی در میان پاسخ‌دهندگان است. نتایج استنباطی نشان داد که همه مؤلفه‌های آمادگی کارورزی با عملکرد آموزشی رابطه معناداری دارند و این امر منجر به رد فرضیه صفر شد. این امر تأیید می‌کند که سطوح بالاتر آمادگی با عملکرد بهتر آموزشی در میان دانشجومعلمان همراه است. به طور کلی، پژوهش نتیجه می‌گیرد که دانشجومعلمان برای کارورزی آموزشی خود بسیار آماده و شایسته هستند. یافته‌ها بر لزوم تقویت بیشتر مهارت‌های مدیریت کلاس و در عین حال حفظ آموزش در شایستگی‌های آموزشی و فناورانه برای افزایش اثربخشی کارورزی تأکید می‌کند.

Purpose: Kenya’s Competency-Based Curriculum obliges lower-primary teachers to document their planning in detail while adopting learner-centered pedagogies, however, whether either obligation translates into what learners do in numeracy lessons remains poorly evidenced. Methodology: This study analyzed 31 structured lesson observations across 26 public and low-cost private lower-primary schools in three Kenyan counties. A three-item index of observed learner numeracy mastery served as the outcome, combining strategic flexibility in producing correct answers, generalization of concepts beyond the textbook, and an assessor-verified check of learners’ exercise books. Forty-one (41) binary practice indicators were screened on this outcome with Benjamini-Hochberg correction and then subjected to multivariable regression, exact categorical analysis, cluster-robust estimation and leave-one-observer-out resampling in exploratory analysis. Four practices were corrected. Findings: Guided instruction was the most measured, with a massive difference between the average mastery of 97.1% observed and 54.2% unobserved (r = .68, d = 2.03, q = .001). The association remained statistically significant after teaching experience, class enrollment and county were controlled (b = 42.31, 95 % CI [24.99, 59.63]) and in all the leave-one-observer-out replications, using observer-clustered standard errors. There was no positive association between mastery and documentary preparation, and this effect was reversed after statistically controlling for enacted pedagogy. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The results cast doubt on the notion that inspection documents of planning reflect quality of teaching. The results are provided as a hypothesis only, due to the small sample and exploratory screening.

هدف: برنامهٔ درسی مبتنی بر شایستگی کنیا معلمان پایهٔ ابتدایی را ملزم می‌کند تا برنامه‌ریزی خود را به‌طور دقیق مستندسازی کنند و در عین حال، رویکردهای یادگیرنده‌محور را اتخاذ نمایند؛ با این حال، شواهد اندکی وجود دارد که آیا این الزامات به آنچه دانش‌آموزان در درس‌های سواد عددی انجام می‌دهند، منجر می‌شود یا خیر. روش‌شناسی: این مطالعه ۳۱ مشاهدهٔ ساختاریافتهٔ درس را در ۲۶ مدرسهٔ ابتدایی دولتی و خصوصی کم‌هزینه در سه شهرستان کنیا تحلیل کرد. شاخص سه‌مؤلفه‌ای از تسلط عددی مشاهده‌شدهٔ یادگیرندگان به‌عنوان پیامد مورد استفاده قرار گرفت که شامل انعطاف‌پذیری راهبردی در ارائهٔ پاسخ‌های صحیح، تعمیم مفاهیم فراتر از کتاب درسی، و بررسی تأییدشدهٔ دفترچه‌های تمرین دانش‌آموزان توسط ارزیاب بود. چهل‌ویک شاخص دوحالتی از شیوه‌های آموزشی بر این پیامد با اصلاح بنجامینی-هوچبرگ غربال شدند و سپس در تحلیل اکتشافی، رگرسیون چندمتغیره، تحلیل دقیق مقوله‌ای، برآورد مقاوم به خوشه و بازنمونه‌گیری leave-one-observer-out به کار رفتند. چهار شیوه اصلاح شدند. یافته‌ها: آموزش هدایت‌شده بیشترین اندازه‌گیری را داشت و تفاوت چشمگیری بین میانگین تسلط مشاهده‌شده (۹۷٫۱٪) و مشاهده‌نشده (۵۴٫۲٪) وجود داشت (r = .68، d = 2.03، q = .001). این ارتباط پس از کنترل تجربهٔ تدریس، تعداد دانش‌آموزان کلاس و شهرستان (b = 42.31، ۹۵٪ CI [24.99, 59.63]) و در تمامی بازنمونه‌گیری‌های leave-one-observer-out با استفاده از خطاهای استاندارد خوشه‌بندی‌شده بر اساس مشاهده‌گر، از لحاظ آماری معنادار باقی ماند. هیچ ارتباط مثبتی بین تسلط و آمادگی مستندسازی‌شده مشاهده نشد و این اثر پس از کنترل آماری برای روش تدریس اجراشده، معکوس شد. سهم منحصربه‌فرد در نظریه، عمل و سیاست: نتایج، تردیدهایی را نسبت به این تصور که اسناد بازرسی برنامه‌ریزی منعکس‌کنندهٔ کیفیت تدریس هستند، مطرح می‌کند. به دلیل حجم نمونهٔ کوچک و غربالگری اکتشافی، نتایج صرفاً به‌عنوان فرضیه ارائه می‌شوند.

This study explored the lived experiences of pre-service teachers during practice teaching using technology-based pedagogy and interactive digital tools. A qualitative phenomenological research design was employed to understand how pre-service teachers experienced, adapted to, and coped with technology integration in real classroom settings. The participants were five selected graduates of Sultan Kudarat State University–Lutayan Campus who completed their practice teaching during the Academic Year 2024–2025. Data were collected using a validated semi-structured interview guide and analyzed through thematic analysis. Findings revealed that pre-service teachers experienced professional growth as they integrated technology into their teaching. The use of interactive digital tools, including Quizizz and Kahoot!, supported more engaging, interactive, and student-centered classroom experiences. However, participants encountered challenges such as limited technological infrastructure, unstable internet connections, equipment malfunctions, and varying levels of student digital literacy. To address these challenges, pre-service teachers relied on mentorship, peer collaboration, online resources, backup plans, and alternative teaching strategies. These experiences strengthened their adaptability, problem-solving skills, resilience, and professional competence. The study concludes that technology-based pedagogy and interactive digital tools offer valuable opportunities for pre-service teachers to develop their instructional practices and professional competence, but effective implementation requires adequate technological resources, institutional support, and ongoing training.

این پژوهش به بررسی تجربه‌های زیسته‌ی دانشجومعلمان در طول تدریس عملی با استفاده از روش‌های تدریس مبتنی بر فناوری و ابزارهای دیجیتال تعاملی می‌پردازد. طرح پژوهش کیفی با رویکرد پدیدارشناسی به‌کار گرفته شد تا درک عمیقی از نحوه‌ی تجربه، سازگاری و مقابله‌ی دانشجومعلمان با ادغام فناوری در محیط‌های واقعی کلاس درس حاصل شود. مشارکت‌کنندگان شامل پنج نفر از فارغ‌التحصیلان منتخب دانشگاه دولتی سلطان کودارات–پردیس لوتایان بودند که دوره‌ی تدریس عملی خود را در سال تحصیلی ۲۰۲۴–۲۰۲۵ به پایان رساندند. داده‌ها با استفاده از راهنمای مصاحبه‌ی نیمه‌ساختاریافته‌ی اعتبارسنجی‌شده گردآوری و از طریق تحلیل تماتیک مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. یافته‌ها نشان داد که دانشجومعلمان با ادغام فناوری در تدریس خود، رشد حرفه‌ای را تجربه کردند. استفاده از ابزارهای دیجیتال تعاملی از جمله Quizizz و Kahoot! موجب ایجاد تجربه‌های کلاسی جذاب‌تر، تعاملی‌تر و دانش‌آموزمحور شد. با این حال، مشارکت‌کنندگان با چالش‌هایی مانند زیرساخت فناورانه‌ی محدود، اتصال ناپایدار اینترنت، خرابی تجهیزات و سطوح مختلف سواد دیجیتال دانش‌آموزان مواجه شدند. برای مقابله با این چالش‌ها، دانشجومعلمان از راهنمایی اساتید، همکاری با همتایان، منابع آنلاین، برنامه‌های جایگزین و راهبردهای تدریس جایگزین بهره گرفتند. این تجربه‌ها موجب تقویت سازگاری، مهارت‌های حل مسئله، تاب‌آوری و شایستگی حرفه‌ای آنان شد. نتیجه‌گیری پژوهش نشان می‌دهد که روش‌های تدریس مبتنی بر فناوری و ابزارهای دیجیتال تعاملی فرصت‌های ارزشمندی برای توسعه‌ی شیوه‌های آموزشی و شایستگی حرفه‌ای دانشجومعلمان فراهم می‌کند، اما اجرای مؤثر آن مستلزم منابع فناورانه‌ی کافی، حمایت نهادی و آموزش مستمر است.

This study examined the effectiveness of Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) in teaching Grade 8 English and provided a basis for crafting an instructional guide during the academic year 2014–2015. Specifically, it described OBE in terms of objectives, approaches, content, and evaluation; assessed the extent to which these areas were attained and developed; identified instructional activities; and examined their perceived contributions to learners’ competencies. A descriptive research design was employed involving 20 permanent secondary English teachers with at least three years of experience from Cluster/North III, Caloocan City, selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through questionnaires, supplemented by informal interviews and documentary analysis, and analyzed using frequency, percentage, weighted mean, and ranking. Findings indicated that the four areas of OBE were attained and developed to a high extent. The approach emphasized shared responsibility for learning, student-centered activities, alignment of intended learning outcomes with teaching activities and assessment tasks, and criteria-based evaluation. Teachers identified visual aids, rewards, drills, training, classroom assessments, and challenging learning tasks among the activities supporting implementation. Respondents perceived OBE activities as contributing to communication, critical thinking, creative thinking, and other Grade 8 English learning competencies. The study concluded that OBE practices addressed the identified instructional areas and contributed to improved learning competencies. Based on these findings, an instructional guide was developed to enhance OBE implementation. The study recommended clearer learning outcomes, high expectations, varied opportunities to demonstrate learning, teacher training, administrative support, and improved instructional resources to strengthen classroom instruction and support effective learning.

این پژوهش اثربخشی آموزش مبتنی بر نتایج (OBE) را در تدریس زبان انگلیسی پایه هشتم مورد بررسی قرار داد و مبنایی برای تدوین یک راهنمای آموزشی در سال تحصیلی ۲۰۱۴–۲۰۱۵ فراهم آورد. به طور خاص، OBE از نظر اهداف، رویکردها، محتوا و ارزشیابی توصیف شد؛ میزان تحقق و توسعه این حوزه‌ها ارزیابی گردید؛ فعالیت‌های آموزشی شناسایی شد؛ و نقش ادراک‌شده آن‌ها در ارتقای شایستگی‌های یادگیرندگان بررسی گردید. این پژوهش با طرح توصیفی و با مشارکت ۲۰ معلم رسمی زبان انگلیسی متوسطه با حداقل سه سال سابقه از منطقه Cluster/North III شهر Caloocan که به روش نمونه‌گیری هدفمند انتخاب شدند، انجام شد. داده‌ها از طریق پرسشنامه، مصاحبه‌های غیررسمی و تحلیل اسناد گردآوری و با استفاده از فراوانی، درصد، میانگین وزنی و رتبه‌بندی تحلیل شد. یافته‌ها نشان داد که چهار حوزه OBE در سطح بالایی تحقق یافته و توسعه یافته‌اند. رویکرد مورد نظر بر مسئولیت مشترک در یادگیری، فعالیت‌های دانش‌آموزمحور، همسویی اهداف یادگیری مورد انتظار با فعالیت‌های آموزشی و وظایف ارزشیابی و ارزشیابی مبتنی بر معیار تأکید داشت. معلمان، وسایل بصری، پاداش‌ها، تمرین‌ها، آموزش‌ها، ارزشیابی‌های کلاسی و تکالیف یادگیری چالش‌برانگیز را از جمله فعالیت‌های مؤثر در اجرای OBE شناسایی کردند. پاسخ‌دهندگان فعالیت‌های OBE را در ارتقای شایستگی‌های ارتباطی، تفکر انتقادی، تفکر خلاق و سایر شایستگی‌های یادگیری زبان انگلیسی پایه هشتم مؤثر دانستند. نتیجه‌گیری پژوهش نشان داد که شیوه‌های OBE به حوزه‌های آموزشی شناسایی‌شده پاسخ داده و به بهبود شایستگی‌های یادگیری کمک کرده‌اند. بر اساس این یافته‌ها، یک راهنمای آموزشی برای ارتقای اجرای OBE تدوین شد. پژوهش پیشنهاد کرد که برای تقویت آموزش کلاسی و حمایت از یادگیری مؤثر، اهداف یادگیری شفاف‌تر، انتظارات بالا، فرصت‌های متنوع برای نشان دادن یادگیری، آموزش معلمان، حمایت اداری و منابع آموزشی بهبود یافته فراهم شود.

This study investigates how preservice teachers in Hong Kong interpret culturally responsive teaching (CRT) and what conditions might shape their interpretations. The findings indicate preservice teachers’ orientation towards benevolent integrationism in interpreting CRT, featured by a primary focus on linguistic mediation between English and Cantonese and a strong ethos of benevolent interpersonal care by teachers to facilitate ethnic minority students’ integration in mainstream classrooms and society. The underlying values of this orientation resonate with Confucian discourses of care, harmony, benevolence and relationality noted in international research on education in Chinese contexts. However, in reference to the Western-based theorisation of CRT, preservice teachers’ interpretations represent a synthesis of the celebratory and integrationist stances, while the critical, equity-oriented stance remains largely absent. Therefore, we argue that recourse to Confucian discourses in education for ethnic minority students risks obscuring or perpetuating systemic inequalities and discuss how teacher education and institutional efforts might extend the orientation of benevolent integrationism among preservice teachers towards critical engagement with inequality. Overall, the findings demonstrate how global educational paradigms, such as CRT, are interpreted in specific socio-cultural contexts and show how local interpretations and socio-cultural contexts can serve as foundations for a more equitable education for ethnic minorities.

این پژوهش به بررسی نحوه تفسیر معلمان پیش‌خدمت در هنگ‌کنگ از آموزش پاسخ‌گو به فرهنگ (CRT) و شرایطی که ممکن است تفسیرهای آنان را شکل دهد، می‌پردازد. یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد که گرایش معلمان پیش‌خدمت به سوی یکپارچه‌گرایی خیرخواهانه در تفسیر CRT، با تمرکز اصلی بر میانجی‌گری زبانی میان انگلیسی و کانتونی و همچنین تأکید قوی بر منش خیرخواهانه و مراقبت بین‌فردی معلمان برای تسهیل ادغام دانش‌آموزان اقلیت قومی در کلاس‌های درس و جامعه جریان اصلی، مشخص می‌شود. ارزش‌های زیربنایی این گرایش با گفتمان‌های کنفوسیوسی مراقبت، هماهنگی، خیرخواهی و رابطه‌مندی که در پژوهش‌های بین‌المللی درباره آموزش در زمینه‌های چینی ذکر شده‌اند، هم‌راستا است. با این حال، با توجه به نظریه‌پردازی مبتنی بر غرب درباره CRT، تفسیرهای معلمان پیش‌خدمت ترکیبی از رویکردهای جشن‌گرا و یکپارچه‌گرا را نشان می‌دهد، در حالی که رویکرد انتقادی و مبتنی بر عدالت تا حد زیادی غایب است. بنابراین، استدلال می‌کنیم که رجوع به گفتمان‌های کنفوسیوسی در آموزش برای دانش‌آموزان اقلیت قومی، خطر پنهان‌سازی یا تداوم نابرابری‌های نظام‌مند را به همراه دارد و به بحث درباره چگونگی گسترش جهت‌گیری یکپارچه‌گرایی خیرخواهانه در میان معلمان پیش‌خدمت به سوی درگیری انتقادی با نابرابری از طریق آموزش معلمان و تلاش‌های نهادی می‌پردازیم. در مجموع، یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد که چگونه پارادایم‌های آموزشی جهانی مانند CRT در زمینه‌های خاص اجتماعی-فرهنگی تفسیر می‌شوند و چگونه تفسیرهای محلی و زمینه‌های اجتماعی-فرهنگی می‌توانند به عنوان بنیانی برای آموزش عادلانه‌تر برای اقلیت‌های قومی عمل کنند.

This study describes the implementation of the Ummi method in improving students’ Qur’an-reading skills at MI Plus Al-Hamid Banjarmasin and identifies the factors that support or hinder its implementation. It uses a qualitative field-research design, drawing on observation, interviews, and documentation as reported in the underlying thesis. The findings indicate that instruction follows seven stages: opening, apperception or muroja’ah, concept introduction, concept understanding, skills practice, evaluation, and closing. Teachers use Ummi books and visual teaching aids, model correct recitation, provide repeated practice, listen to students individually, and record progress. The process is associated in the reported field findings with better fluency, more careful recitation, increased confidence, and learning discipline, although the study does not provide standardized pre- and post-test scores from which a numerical effect can be calculated. Supporting factors include trained teachers, an integrated learning system, learning resources, student motivation, peer encouragement, and parental support. The main constraints are differences in students’ initial abilities and student absence. The study’s contribution is a context-specific account of how standardized instructional stages, formative correction, and school–family cooperation work together in an Islamic elementary-school setting

این پژوهش به توصیف اجرای روش اُمّی در بهبود مهارت‌های قرائت قرآن دانش‌آموزان در مدرسه MI Plus Al-Hamid Banjarmasin می‌پردازد و عوامل مؤثر یا بازدارنده در اجرای آن را شناسایی می‌کند. این مطالعه با رویکرد کیفی و مبتنی بر پژوهش میدانی انجام شده و از مشاهده، مصاحبه و اسناد، مطابق با گزارش پایان‌نامه مربوطه، بهره گرفته است. یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد که آموزش بر اساس هفت مرحله شامل: آغاز، ادراک یا مُراجعه، معرفی مفهوم، درک مفهوم، تمرین مهارتی، ارزشیابی و پایان‌بندی صورت می‌گیرد. معلمان از کتاب‌های اُمّی و وسایل کمک‌آموزشی بصری استفاده می‌کنند، قرائت صحیح را الگو قرار می‌دهند، تمرین‌های تکراری ارائه می‌دهند، به صورت فردی به قرائت دانش‌آموزان گوش می‌دهند و پیشرفت آن‌ها را ثبت می‌کنند. بر اساس یافته‌های میدانی گزارش‌شده، این فرایند با روان‌خوانی بهتر، دقت بیشتر در قرائت، افزایش اعتماد به نفس و انضباط یادگیری همراه است، هرچند مطالعه حاضر نمرات استاندارد پیش‌آزمون و پس‌آزمون جهت محاسبه اثر عددی ارائه نمی‌دهد. عوامل حمایتی شامل معلمان آموزش‌دیده، نظام یادگیری یکپارچه، منابع یادگیری، انگیزه دانش‌آموزان، تشویق همسالان و حمایت والدین است. مهم‌ترین محدودیت‌ها تفاوت در توانایی اولیه دانش‌آموزان و غیبت آن‌ها می‌باشد. سهم این پژوهش ارائه گزارشی زمینه‌محور از نحوه تعامل مراحل استاندارد آموزش، اصلاحات تکوینی و همکاری مدرسه و خانواده در محیط مدرسه ابتدایی اسلامی است.

This article highlights the issues of using modern interactive technologies and communicative methods in teaching Russian as a second language in general secondary schools. It analyzes the problems in developing students' speech and communicative competencies and ways to solve them through game-based technologies, project-based learning, and ICT tools. Accordingly, practical recommendations are provided to enhance students' motivation for learning the Russian language.

این مقاله به بررسی مسائل مربوط به استفاده از فناوری‌های تعاملی مدرن و روش‌های ارتباطی در آموزش زبان روسی به عنوان زبان دوم در مدارس متوسطه عمومی می‌پردازد. مشکلات موجود در توسعه شایستگی‌های گفتاری و ارتباطی دانش‌آموزان تحلیل شده و راهکارهای حل آن‌ها از طریق فناوری‌های مبتنی بر بازی، یادگیری مبتنی بر پروژه و ابزارهای فناوری اطلاعات و ارتباطات مورد بررسی قرار گرفته است. بر این اساس، توصیه‌های عملی برای افزایش انگیزه دانش‌آموزان جهت یادگیری زبان روسی ارائه می‌شود.

This research is motivated by the achievement gap between the Excellent Class and the Regular Class at MTs Negeri 1 Banjarnegara, with students in the Excellent Class demonstrating higher academic achievement. This gap makes it important to examine how the management of the Excellent Class program is planned, implemented, and evaluated to support student achievement. This study aims to analyze the management of teaching staff in the superior class program at the junior high school level. A qualitative case study approach was employed in this study. This research was conducted at MTs Negeri 1 Banjarnegara. The subjects of this study were the principal, the deputy principal for curriculum, and teachers. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. Data were analyzed interactively through data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. There are six processes of teaching staff management in the superior class program at MTs Negeri 1 Banjarnegara. First, collaboration carried out by MTs Negeri 1 Banjarnegara includes teacher recruitment tailored to the needs of each superior class program. Second, teaching staff development is designed comprehensively in each superior class program, such as curriculum training, teaching modules, assessments, workshops, and MGMP. Third, compensation has been provided by the madrasah to all teaching staff in the superior class program according to their contributions and proportionally. Fourth, integration is carried out by creating practical institutional policies that consider the role, capacity, and welfare of teaching staff. Fifth, maintenance carried out by MTs Negeri 1 Banjarnegara includes training, workshops, tarbawiyah trips, pilgrimages, awards, incentives, sufficient vacation time, and participation in national and international activities. Sixth, MTs Negeri 1 Banjarnegara manages the termination of teaching staff due to retirement, transfer, contract expiration, or other reasons through an approach that upholds the values ​​of respect and moral responsibility.

این پژوهش با انگیزه شکاف عملکردی میان کلاس ممتاز و کلاس عادی در مدرسه متوسطه دینی دولتی شماره ۱ بانجارنگارا انجام شده است؛ به‌گونه‌ای که دانش‌آموزان کلاس ممتاز، دستاوردهای تحصیلی بالاتری را نشان می‌دهند. این تفاوت، اهمیت بررسی نحوه برنامه‌ریزی، اجرا و ارزیابی مدیریت برنامه کلاس ممتاز را برای حمایت از پیشرفت تحصیلی دانش‌آموزان برجسته می‌کند. هدف این مطالعه، تحلیل مدیریت کارکنان آموزشی در برنامه کلاس ممتاز در سطح متوسطه اول است. رویکرد مطالعه موردی کیفی در این پژوهش به‌کار رفته است. این پژوهش در مدرسه متوسطه دینی دولتی شماره ۱ بانجارنگارا انجام شده است. شرکت‌کنندگان این مطالعه شامل مدیر مدرسه، معاون آموزشی و معلمان بوده‌اند. داده‌ها از طریق مشاهده، مصاحبه و اسناد جمع‌آوری شده‌اند. تحلیل داده‌ها به‌صورت تعاملی از طریق کاهش داده، ارائه داده و نتیجه‌گیری انجام گرفته است. شش فرایند مدیریت کارکنان آموزشی در برنامه کلاس ممتاز مدرسه متوسطه دینی دولتی شماره ۱ بانجارنگارا شناسایی شده است. نخست، همکاری که توسط مدرسه از طریق جذب معلم متناسب با نیازهای هر برنامه کلاس ممتاز انجام می‌شود. دوم، توسعه کارکنان آموزشی که به‌صورت جامع در هر برنامه کلاس ممتاز طراحی شده است، مانند آموزش برنامه درسی، ماژول‌های تدریس، ارزیابی‌ها، کارگاه‌ها و MGMP. سوم، جبران خدمات که توسط مدرسه به همه کارکنان آموزشی برنامه کلاس ممتاز متناسب با سهم و به‌صورت عادلانه ارائه می‌شود. چهارم، یکپارچه‌سازی که از طریق تدوین سیاست‌های نهادی عملیاتی با در نظر گرفتن نقش، ظرفیت و رفاه کارکنان آموزشی انجام می‌شود. پنجم، نگهداری که شامل آموزش، کارگاه‌ها، سفرهای تربیتی، زیارت، اعطای جوایز، مشوق‌ها، زمان کافی برای تعطیلات و مشارکت در فعالیت‌های ملی و بین‌المللی است. ششم، مدیریت خاتمه همکاری با کارکنان آموزشی به دلایل بازنشستگی، انتقال، اتمام قرارداد یا سایر دلایل از طریق رویکردی مبتنی بر احترام و مسئولیت اخلاقی صورت می‌گیرد.

This Classroom Action Research (CAR) aimed to examine the implementation of growth mindset-oriented differentiated learning to improve movement skills and active participation in forward roll and backward roll learning among Class VIII.2 students at SMP Negeri 23 Bandar Lampung. The study involved 32 students (15 boys and 17 girls) across pre-cycle, Cycle I, and Cycle II stages, following the Kemmis & McTaggart model (planning, acting, observing, and reflecting). Data were collected using movement skill rubrics, active participation observation sheets, growth mindset questionnaires, and reflective interviews. Initial assessment during the pre-cycle stage showed that classical mastery reached only 31.25% (10 students) with a class average of 64.50, and active participation was categorized as low (37.50%). Following the implementation of differentiated learning (content, process, and product differentiation) integrated with growth mindset principles in Cycle I, classical mastery increased to 59.38% (19 students) with a class average of 73.20, and active participation rose to 62.50%. In Cycle II, through refined dynamic grouping, incline mat variations, peer tutoring, and process-oriented feedback, classical mastery significantly reached 87.50% (28 students) with a class average of 84.10. Concurrently, active participation surged to 87.50% (very high category). These results demonstrate that growth mindset-oriented differentiated learning is highly effective in improving movement skills and active participation in gymnastics instruction.

این پژوهش اقدام‌پژوهی کلاسی با هدف بررسی اجرای یادگیری تمایزی مبتنی بر نگرش رشد جهت ارتقای مهارت‌های حرکتی و مشارکت فعال در آموزش رول جلو و رول عقب در میان دانش‌آموزان کلاس هشتم‌۲ دبیرستان دولتی ۲۳ بندر لامپونگ انجام شد. در این مطالعه، ۳۲ دانش‌آموز (۱۵ پسر و ۱۷ دختر) در مراحل پیش‌چرخه، چرخه اول و چرخه دوم بر اساس مدل Kemmis & McTaggart (برنامه‌ریزی، اقدام، مشاهده و تأمل) شرکت داشتند. داده‌ها با استفاده از روبریک‌های مهارت حرکتی، برگه‌های مشاهده مشارکت فعال، پرسشنامه نگرش رشد و مصاحبه‌های تأملی گردآوری شد. ارزیابی اولیه در مرحله پیش‌چرخه نشان داد که تسلط کلاسیک تنها به ۳۱٫۲۵٪ (۱۰ دانش‌آموز) با میانگین کلاسی ۶۴٫۵۰ رسیده و مشارکت فعال در دسته پایین (۳۷٫۵۰٪) قرار داشت. پس از اجرای یادگیری تمایزی (تمایز محتوا، فرایند و محصول) همراه با اصول نگرش رشد در چرخه اول، تسلط کلاسیک به ۵۹٫۳۸٪ (۱۹ دانش‌آموز) با میانگین کلاسی ۷۳٫۲۰ افزایش یافت و مشارکت فعال به ۶۲٫۵۰٪ رسید. در چرخه دوم، از طریق گروه‌بندی پویا، تنوع تشک شیب‌دار، آموزش همتایان و بازخورد فرایندمحور، تسلط کلاسیک به طور معناداری به ۸۷٫۵۰٪ (۲۸ دانش‌آموز) با میانگین کلاسی ۸۴٫۱۰ رسید. همزمان، مشارکت فعال به ۸۷٫۵۰٪ (دسته بسیار بالا) افزایش یافت. این نتایج نشان می‌دهد که یادگیری تمایزی مبتنی بر نگرش رشد در بهبود مهارت‌های حرکتی و مشارکت فعال در آموزش ژیمناستیک بسیار مؤثر است.

Fifth-grade students often memorize the terms producer, consumer, and decomposer but struggle to reason about a food chain. This classroom action research aimed to improve the critical thinking skills of fifth-grade students in science (IPAS) on the topic of food chains at SDN 106162 Medan Estate through Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) supported by ethnocultural student worksheets (LKPD). The study followed the Kemmis and McTaggart spiral in two cycles involving 25 students. Critical thinking was measured by an essay test and observation based on Facione's six core skills (interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and self-regulation). Data were analyzed descriptively, both quantitatively and qualitatively, complemented by N-Gain and paired-samples t-tests. The mean score rose from 41.3 (pre-action) to 63.3 (cycle I) and 81.0 (cycle II), while the proportion of students reaching the target increased from 0% to 20% and 84%. The greatest gain occurred in inference (+47.0 percentage points), whereas self-regulation remained the lowest indicator in cycle II (76.0%). The mean N-Gain was 0.68 (medium category) and the gains were statistically significant (paired t-test, p < 0.001). CRT supported by ethnocultural worksheets can serve as a contextual alternative for developing critical thinking in elementary science.

دانش‌آموزان پایه پنجم اغلب اصطلاحات تولیدکننده، مصرف‌کننده و تجزیه‌کننده را حفظ می‌کنند اما در استدلال درباره زنجیره غذایی با مشکل مواجه هستند. این پژوهش اقدام‌پژوهی کلاسی با هدف ارتقای مهارت‌های تفکر انتقادی دانش‌آموزان پایه پنجم در درس علوم (IPAS) با موضوع زنجیره غذایی در دبستان SDN 106162 Medan Estate از طریق رویکرد آموزش پاسخگو به فرهنگ (CRT) با پشتیبانی کاربرگ‌های دانش‌آموزی اتنوکالچر (LKPD) انجام شد. این مطالعه بر اساس مدل مارپیچی Kemmis و McTaggart در دو چرخه و با مشارکت ۲۵ دانش‌آموز صورت گرفت. تفکر انتقادی با آزمون تشریحی و مشاهده بر اساس شش مهارت اصلی Facione (تفسیر، تحلیل، ارزیابی، استنتاج، تبیین و خودتنظیمی) سنجیده شد. داده‌ها به صورت توصیفی، هم به شکل کمی و هم کیفی، و با استفاده از N-Gain و آزمون t زوجی تحلیل شدند. میانگین نمره از ۴۱٫۳ (پیش از اقدام) به ۶۳٫۳ (چرخه اول) و ۸۱٫۰ (چرخه دوم) افزایش یافت و نسبت دانش‌آموزان دارای عملکرد مطلوب از ۰٪ به ۲۰٪ و ۸۴٪ رسید. بیشترین افزایش در شاخص استنتاج (+۴۷٫۰ واحد درصد) مشاهده شد، در حالی که خودتنظیمی در چرخه دوم پایین‌ترین شاخص باقی ماند (۷۶٫۰٪). میانگین N-Gain برابر با ۰٫۶۸ (در دسته متوسط) بود و این افزایش‌ها از نظر آماری معنادار بودند (آزمون t زوجی، p < 0.001). رویکرد آموزش پاسخگو به فرهنگ با پشتیبانی کاربرگ‌های اتنوکالچر می‌تواند به عنوان جایگزینی زمینه‌مند برای توسعه تفکر انتقادی در آموزش علوم ابتدایی مورد استفاده قرار گیرد.

This study aims to analyze the implementation of Deep Learning based on Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) in creating meaningful learning in elementary schools. The diversity of students’ abilities requires teachers to provide learning experiences that are appropriate to students’ initial competencies, needs, and characteristics. TaRL focuses on identifying students’ actual learning levels through diagnostic assessment, flexible grouping, and appropriate learning interventions, while Deep Learning emphasizes three main principles: mindful, meaningful, and joyful learning. This study uses a literature review method to examine various previous studies on the implementation of Deep Learning based on Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) in fostering meaningful learning in elementary schools. The findings indicate that the integration of TaRL and Deep Learning can support differentiated learning by aligning learning materials, activities, media, and assistance with students’ ability levels. Previous studies also report improvements in learning outcomes, student engagement, motivation, conceptual understanding, and participation. However, its implementation faces several challenges, including the accuracy of diagnostic assessments, limited instructional time, large class sizes, teacher readiness, preparation of differentiated learning resources, and students’ and parents’ acceptance of ability-based grouping. Therefore, the integration of Deep Learning and TaRL has the potential to create adaptive, active, contextual, and meaningful learning experiences in elementary schools through continuous assessment, flexible grouping, appropriate learning strategies, and strong teacher and school support.

هدف این پژوهش تحلیل اجرای یادگیری عمیق مبتنی بر آموزش در سطح مناسب (Teaching at the Right Level یا TaRL) در ایجاد یادگیری معنادار در مدارس ابتدایی است. تنوع توانایی‌های دانش‌آموزان ایجاب می‌کند که معلمان تجربیات یادگیری متناسب با شایستگی‌های اولیه، نیازها و ویژگی‌های دانش‌آموزان فراهم کنند. TaRL بر شناسایی سطح واقعی یادگیری دانش‌آموزان از طریق ارزیابی تشخیصی، گروه‌بندی انعطاف‌پذیر و مداخلات آموزشی مناسب تمرکز دارد، در حالی که یادگیری عمیق سه اصل اصلی را مورد تأکید قرار می‌دهد: یادگیری آگاهانه، معنادار و لذت‌بخش. این پژوهش با استفاده از روش مرور ادبیات به بررسی مطالعات پیشین درباره اجرای یادگیری عمیق مبتنی بر آموزش در سطح مناسب (TaRL) در تقویت یادگیری معنادار در مدارس ابتدایی می‌پردازد. یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد که ادغام TaRL و یادگیری عمیق می‌تواند از یادگیری تفکیکی با همسویی مواد آموزشی، فعالیت‌ها، رسانه‌ها و حمایت‌ها با سطح توانایی دانش‌آموزان حمایت کند. مطالعات پیشین همچنین بهبود در نتایج یادگیری، مشارکت دانش‌آموزان، انگیزش، درک مفهومی و حضور را گزارش کرده‌اند. با این حال، اجرای آن با چالش‌هایی همچون دقت ارزیابی‌های تشخیصی، محدودیت زمان تدریس، تعداد زیاد دانش‌آموزان در کلاس، آمادگی معلمان، تهیه منابع یادگیری تفکیکی و پذیرش گروه‌بندی مبتنی بر توانایی توسط دانش‌آموزان و والدین مواجه است. بنابراین، ادغام یادگیری عمیق و TaRL این پتانسیل را دارد که از طریق ارزیابی مستمر، گروه‌بندی انعطاف‌پذیر، راهبردهای یادگیری مناسب و حمایت قوی معلم و مدرسه، تجربیات یادگیری سازگار، فعال، زمینه‌مند و معنادار را در مدارس ابتدایی ایجاد کند.

The ability of fifth-grade students at SDN Kalibening to write direct and indirect sentences was still low because instruction was teacher-centered and lacked concrete media. This classroom action research aimed to describe the implementation of Problem Based Learning (PBL) supported by Transformation Cards and Transformation Shirts, to determine the improvement in students' ability to write direct and indirect sentences, and to describe the obstacles encountered. The study followed the Kemmis and McTaggart model in two cycles in September 2026 with nine students. Cycle I used Transformation Cards in groups, while Cycle II used Transformation Shirts and a Help Post individually. Data were collected through written tests and observation and analyzed descriptively. The class mean score increased from 56.67 in Cycle I to 77.78 in Cycle II, and classical mastery increased from 44.44% to 77.78%, exceeding the 75% success indicator. The scores of all nine students increased, although two students remained below the minimum mastery criterion. The obstacles were the dominance of certain students in group work and the low basic reading and writing skills of two students. PBL supported by these media can be an alternative for teaching direct and indirect sentence writing in elementary schools.

توانایی دانش‌آموزان پایه پنجم دبستان SDN Kalibening در نوشتن جملات مستقیم و غیرمستقیم همچنان پایین بود، زیرا آموزش به صورت معلم‌محور و بدون استفاده از رسانه‌های عینی انجام می‌شد. این پژوهش اقدام پژوهی کلاسی با هدف توصیف اجرای یادگیری مبتنی بر مسئله (PBL) با حمایت کارت‌های تبدیل و پیراهن‌های تبدیل، تعیین میزان بهبود توانایی دانش‌آموزان در نوشتن جملات مستقیم و غیرمستقیم، و توصیف موانع موجود انجام شد. این مطالعه بر اساس مدل Kemmis و McTaggart در دو چرخه در سپتامبر ۲۰۲۶ با حضور ۹ دانش‌آموز اجرا شد. در چرخه اول، کارت‌های تبدیل به صورت گروهی و در چرخه دوم، پیراهن‌های تبدیل و ایستگاه کمک به صورت فردی مورد استفاده قرار گرفت. داده‌ها از طریق آزمون کتبی و مشاهده جمع‌آوری و به صورت توصیفی تحلیل شدند. میانگین نمره کلاس از ۵۶٫۶۷ در چرخه اول به ۷۷٫۷۸ در چرخه دوم افزایش یافت و تسلط کلاسیک از ۴۴٫۴۴٪ به ۷۷٫۷۸٪ رسید که از شاخص موفقیت ۷۵٪ فراتر رفت. نمرات هر ۹ دانش‌آموز افزایش یافت، اگرچه دو دانش‌آموز همچنان زیر معیار حداقل تسلط باقی ماندند. موانع موجود شامل سلطه برخی دانش‌آموزان در کار گروهی و پایین بودن مهارت‌های پایه خواندن و نوشتن دو دانش‌آموز بود. یادگیری مبتنی بر مسئله با حمایت این رسانه‌ها می‌تواند جایگزینی برای آموزش نوشتن جملات مستقیم و غیرمستقیم در مدارس ابتدایی باشد.

Heterogeneous grouping with identical worksheets did not accommodate the diverse learning readiness of fourth-grade students in Pancasila Education. More capable students became peer tutors, less ready students relied on them, and the teacher struggled to focus guidance. This classroom action research aimed to improve mastery learning on rules in the surrounding environment through Teaching at the Right Level with homogeneous grouping based on learning readiness. The study was conducted at UPTD SDN Keleyan 1 in two cycles, each consisting of one meeting, with 24 fourth-grade students. Worksheets were tiered by readiness in both cycles; in cycle 1 they were completed in groups of 4–5 and in cycle 2 in pairs. Data were collected through a diagnostic assessment and end-of-cycle tests and analyzed descriptively. Mastery learning was 54.17% at baseline and fell to 29.17% in cycle 1 because students were not yet accustomed to homogeneous grouping and some worked half-heartedly; it then rose to 91.67% in cycle 2. Mean scores were 66.25, 52.29, and 83.33. Readiness-based homogeneous grouping in small groups effectively improved mastery learning.

گروه‌بندی ناهمگن با برگه‌های کار یکسان، تنوع آمادگی یادگیری دانش‌آموزان پایه چهارم در آموزش پاندچاسیلا را در نظر نمی‌گرفت. دانش‌آموزان توانمندتر به عنوان همیار آموزشی عمل می‌کردند، دانش‌آموزان با آمادگی کمتر به آن‌ها متکی می‌شدند و معلم در هدایت متمرکز با دشواری مواجه بود. این پژوهش اقدام‌پژوهی کلاسی با هدف ارتقای موفقیت تحصیلی در زمینه قوانین محیط پیرامون از طریق آموزش در سطح مناسب با گروه‌بندی همگن بر اساس آمادگی یادگیری انجام شد. این مطالعه در دبستان UPTD SDN Keleyan 1 در دو چرخه، هر یک شامل یک جلسه، با حضور ۲۴ دانش‌آموز پایه چهارم اجرا گردید. برگه‌های کار در هر دو چرخه بر اساس آمادگی، سطح‌بندی شده بودند؛ در چرخه اول به صورت گروه‌های ۴ تا ۵ نفره و در چرخه دوم به صورت دو نفره تکمیل شدند. داده‌ها از طریق ارزیابی تشخیصی و آزمون‌های پایان چرخه گردآوری و به صورت توصیفی تحلیل شدند. موفقیت تحصیلی در آغاز ۵۴٫۱۷٪ بود و در چرخه اول به ۲۹٫۱۷٪ کاهش یافت، زیرا دانش‌آموزان هنوز به گروه‌بندی همگن عادت نکرده بودند و برخی با بی‌انگیزگی کار می‌کردند؛ سپس در چرخه دوم به ۹۱٫۶۷٪ افزایش یافت. میانگین نمرات به ترتیب ۶۶٫۲۵، ۵۲٫۲۹ و ۸۳٫۳۳ بود. گروه‌بندی همگن بر اساس آمادگی در گروه‌های کوچک به طور مؤثری موفقیت تحصیلی را بهبود بخشید.